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83%OFFRichard Burt - Licensed by Authority: Ben Jonson and the Discourses of Censorship - 9780801427824 - V9780801427824
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Licensed by Authority: Ben Jonson and the Discourses of Censorship

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Description for Licensed by Authority: Ben Jonson and the Discourses of Censorship Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 599.
A dramatist whose own works were repeatedly censored early in his career and who later stood in succession to become the court censor himself, Ben Jonson embodies the contradictions and complexities of theater censorship in the early Stuart period. Focusing on Jonson's writings and the political vicissitudes of his career, Richard Burt offers a provocative reinterpretation of Jacobean and Caroline theater censorship and theatrical culture. Informed by the writings of Foucault and Bourdieu, Licensed by Authority historicizes censorship, arguing that it was less a matter of denying dramatists liberty of speech than a network of productive strategies ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801427824
SKU
V9780801427824
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