The Selected Plays of Ben Jonson: Volume 1 by Ben Jonson, Joh... - 9780521292481
The Selected Plays of Ben Jonson: Volume 1Sejanus, Volpone, Epicoene or the Silent Woman\nAuthor(s): Ben Jonson, Johanna Procter, Martin Butler\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521292481, 978-0521292481\nSynopsis\nThis volume contains three of Ben Jonson's greatest plays - Sejanus [tel], Volpone [tel] and Epicoene, or The Silent Woman [tel]. Sejanus, an experimental tragedy written in the classical manner, was labelled a seditious work at the time of its first production and embroiled Jonson with the Privy Council. Volpone is the first of his mature comedies, with a remarkable cast of Venetian legacy-hunters: using verse of mock-heroic grandeur Jonson created in the character of Volpone one of his most flamboyant and cynical swindlers. Epicoene is a brilliant farce which makes fun of the pretensions of the courtiers, wits and bluestockings of contemporary London. Jonson was unique in his own t.
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