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Re-Presenting Ben Jonson
Martin . Ed(S): Butler
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Hardback. This collection of essays by 12 scholars, editors, historians and bibliographers explores ways in which modern understanding of Jonson's texts has undermined the emphasis of the Oxford text, "Works", and generated a Jonson whose "Works" and career look quite different. Editor(s): Butler, Martin. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Work on Ben Jonson has long been dominated by the 11-volume Oxford text of his Works , edited by C.H. Herford, Percy Simpson and Evelyn Simpson (1925-52). In this monumental edition, Jonson seems a remote and forbidding figure, an author of formidable learning and literariness. This collection of essays by twelve leading scholars, editors, historians and bibliographers explores ways in which modern understanding of Jonson's texts has undermined the emphasis of the Oxford edition, and generated a Jonson whose Works and career look quite different. Addressing the competing needs of future readers, teachers and performers, it asks how this reconceptualized ... Read more
Work on Ben Jonson has long been dominated by the 11-volume Oxford text of his Works , edited by C.H. Herford, Percy Simpson and Evelyn Simpson (1925-52). In this monumental edition, Jonson seems a remote and forbidding figure, an author of formidable learning and literariness. This collection of essays by twelve leading scholars, editors, historians and bibliographers explores ways in which modern understanding of Jonson's texts has undermined the emphasis of the Oxford edition, and generated a Jonson whose Works and career look quite different. Addressing the competing needs of future readers, teachers and performers, it asks how this reconceptualized ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
Series
Early Modern Literature in History
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333720417
SKU
V9780333720417
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Ref
99-15
About Martin . Ed(S): Butler
DAVID BEVINGTON Phyllis Fay Horton Professor in the Humanities at the University of Chicago MICHAEL CORDNER Reader in the Department of English and Related Literature, University of York HUGH CRAIG Department of English, University of Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia KEVIN DONOVAN Professor of English, Middle Tennessee State University ROBERT C. EVANS University Alumni Professor, Auburn University, Montgomery DAVID L. GANTS Lecturer ... Read more
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