Epicene, or the Silent Woman: By Ben Jonson
Epicene is now one of the most widely-studied of Johnson's plays. Brilliantly exploiting the Jacobean convention whereby boys played female roles, it satirises the newly fashionable and sexually ambiguous world of the West End of London, where courtly wit rubs shoulders with commercial values.This authoritative new edition, now in paperback, is based on a thorough re-examination of the earliest texts. The introduction analyses the play as originally written for the newly formed Children of the Queen's Revels, and performed at the little-known Whitefriars Theatre. Dutton discusses the composition of the play, which took place during a critical…
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Weitere Autoren: Dutton, Richard (Hrsg.) / Findlay, Alison (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7190-7838-5
- EAN: 9780719078385
- Produktnummer: 3744598
- Verlag: Manchester Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 360 S.
- Masse: H21.3 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.5 cm 431 g
- Gewicht: 431
Über den Autor
Richard Dutton is Professor of English at Ohio State University
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