Synopses & Reviews
This edition offers a modernized text based on a fresh collation of the 1631-1640 folio, together with an account of the play's printing history, a full commentary which sets Jonson's art in its intellectual and social context, and an introduction which seeks to do justice to the play's braod scope and to suggest something of its theatrical potential.
Synopsis
Excellent Revels text now back in print at the new 9.99 price. Leading edition of this play by Ben Jonson - no other edition of this calibre at the moment. Professor Anthony Parr has a proven track record with the Three Jacobean Travel Plays (now in paperback at 14.99). The complete canon of Ben Jonson is being brought back into print in the Revels. The play itself is one of Jonson's best and has a prescient storyline about journalism being traduced and becoming entertainment instead of remaining factual.
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About the Author
Anthony Parr is Professor of English at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
Table of Contents
The Text * Career and Date * Sources and Traditions * Jonson and The News Trade * The Play * The Play on The Stage * The Staple of News