Ben Jonson's Theatrical Republics

by Julie Sanders

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This timely book challenges conventional critical wisdom about the work of Ben Jonson. Looking in particular at his Jacobean and Caroline plays, it explores his engagement with concepts of republicanism. Julie Sanders investigates notions of community in Jonson's stage worlds - his 'theatrical republics' - and reveals a Jonson to contrast with the traditional image of the writer as conservative, absolutist, misogynist, and essentially 'anti-theatrical'...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0312214987

ISBN13:9780312214982

Release Date:November 1998

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:262 Pages

Weight:1.14 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 8.8"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Drama Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Performing Arts

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