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Devil Is an Ass : And Other Plays by Ben Jonson (2001, Trade Paperback)

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A quintesstential selection of the dramatic work of Ben Jonson, this edition features the plays Poetaster, Sejanus, The Devil is An Ass, and New Inn. Jonsons work is renowned for its wit and biting religions and social commentary these four plays are no exception. The plays featured in this edition have been freshly edited from the earliest printed texts. The introduction focuses on the interaction between poet and state authority, and the need for new productions of these rarely performed classics from our dramatic heritage.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198132298

ISBN-139780198132295

eBay Product ID (ePID)1719411

Product Key Features

Book TitleDevil Is an Ass : and Other Plays

Number of Pages574 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEuropean / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year2001

GenreDrama

AuthorBen Jonson

Book SeriesOxford World's Classics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight15.9 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN00-058471

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal822/.3

SynopsisPoetaster Sejanus The Devil is an Ass New Inn Oxford English Drama offers plays from the sixteenth to early twentieth centuries in selections that make available both rarely printed and canonical works. The texts are freshly edited using modern spelling. Critical introductions, wide-ranging annotation, and informative bibliographies illuminate the plays' cultural contexts and theatrical potential for reader and performer alike. 'The series should reshape the canon in a number of significant areas. A splendid and imaginative project.' [Professor Anne Barton, Cambridge University], Another quintessential selection of the dramatic work of Ben Jonson, this edition features the plays Poetaster, Sejanus, The Devil is An Ass, and New Inn. Jonson's work is renowned for its wit and biting religions and social commentary these four plays are no exception. The plays featured in this edition have been freshly edited from the earliest printed texts. The introduction focuses on the interaction between poet and state authority, and the need for new productions of these rarely performed classics from our dramatic heritage., A quintesstential selection of the dramatic work of Ben Jonson, this edition features the plays Poetaster, Sejanus, The Devil is An Ass, and New Inn. Jonson's work is renowned for its wit and biting religions and social commentary these four plays are no exception. The plays featured in this edition have been freshly edited from the earliest printed texts. The introduction focuses on the interaction between poet and state authority, and the need for new productions of these rarely performed classics from our dramatic heritage., A quintesstential selection of the dramatic work of Ben Jonson, this edition features the plays Poetaster , Sejanus , The Devil is An Ass , and New Inn . Jonson's work is renowned for its wit and biting religions and social commentary these four plays are no exception. The plays featured in this edition have been freshly edited from the earliest printed texts. The introduction focuses on the interaction between poet and state authority, and the need for new productions of these rarely performed classics from our dramatic heritage.

LC Classification NumberPR2602.K54 2000