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Author Sweeney, John Gordon, 1950- author.

Title Jonson and the psychology of public theater : to coin the spirit, spend the soul / John Gordon Sweeney III
Published Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1985]
©1985

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Description 1 online resource (257 pages)
Series Princeton legacy library
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction. The Self-Seeking Spectator -- Chapter One. The Comical Satires -- Chapter Two. Sejanus: The People's Beastly Rage -- Chapter Three. Volpone: "Fooles, They Are the Onely Nation Worth Mens Envy, or Admiration." -- Chapter Four. Epicene: "I'le Doe Good To No Man Against His Will." -- Chapter Five. The Alchemist: "Yet I Put My Selfe on You" -- Chapter Six. Bartholomew Fair: Jonson's Masque for the Multitude -- Chapter Seven. Beyond Bartholomew Fair -- Conclusion. The Theater of Self-Interest -- Notes -- Index -- Backmatter
Summary This book is a study of Ben Jonson's relationship with his audience in the public theater, as the relationship changed in the course of his career from the comical satires to Bartholomew Fair. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 -- Criticism and interpretation
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 -- Psychology
SUBJECT Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 -- Psychology
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 -- Criticism and interpretation
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 fast
Subject Theater audiences -- England -- History -- 17th century
Authors and theater -- England
Drama -- Psychological aspects
Authority in literature.
HISTORY -- General.
DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authority in literature
Authors and theater
Drama -- Psychological aspects
Psychology
Theater audiences
England
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400857135
1400857139