Drama and society in the age of Jonson / by L. C. Knights
1951, 2nd edition. London : Chatto & Windus. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #410533
Physical description; 346 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-339). Contents; Introduction: Shakespeare and profit inflations -- The inherited economic order under Elizabeth -- The development of capitalist enterprise -- New elements in the national life -- Social theory -- Drama and society -- Tradition and Ben Jonson -- Jonson and the anti-acquisitive attitude -- Dekker, Heywood and citizen morality -- Middleton and the new social classes -- The significance of Massinger's social comedies: with a note on 'decadence'. Subjects; Jonson, Ben 1573?-1637 Dictionaries, indexes, etc. Jonson, Ben Criticism and interpretation. Jonson, Ben 1573?-1637 Contemporaries. Jonson, Ben 1573?-1637 Studies. English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism. Social problems in literature. Economic history. English drama Early modern and Elizabethan. Social conditions. English drama 17th century.
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