Ben Jonson and the art of secrecy /

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Secrets accomplish their cultural work by distinguishing the knowable from the (at least temporarily) unknowable, those who know from those who don't. Within these distinctions resides an enormous power that Ben Jonson (1572-1637) both deplored and exploited in his art of making plays. Slights...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Slights, William W. E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1994.
Subjects:
Jonson, Ben, > 1573?-1637 > Political and social views.
Jonson, Ben, > 1573?-1637 > Critique et interprétation.
Jonson, Ben, > 1573?-1637
1600-1699
Secrecy in literature.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Literature and society > England > History > 17th century.
Communication in literature.
Conspiracies in literature.
Conversation in literature.
Dialogue.
Secret dans la littérature.
Politique et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Littérature et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Communication dans la littérature.
Conspiration dans la littérature.
Conversation dans la littérature.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Communication in literature
Conspiracies in literature
Conversation in literature
Dialogue
Literature and society
Political and social views
Politics and literature
Secrecy in literature
Komedies.
Geheimen.
England
Great Britain
English drama
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Secret Places in Renaissance Drama
  • 2. Mystifying the Tyrant and Enforcing the Text: Impossible Combinations in Sejanus
  • 3. The Play of Conspiracies in Volpone
  • 4. Private Lies, Public Notice: Epicoene and Theatrical Deception
  • 5. The New Face of Secrecy in The Alchemist
  • 6. Catiline's Conspiracy and the Problem of Containment
  • 7. State-Decipherers and Politique Picklockes: Interpretation as Self-Replication in Bartholomew Fair.

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