Name: Bartholomew Fair
ISBN: 9780719051500

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Stagewise Reading

A playful critical companion to Jonson’s stagecraft and its classroom afterlife.

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Classroom-ready critical lens
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Theater-history framing
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Authors: Suzanne Gossett
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: November 30, 2000
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: 16th-Century Literary Criticism · Theater History & Criticism
Reading lane: 16th-Century Literary Criticism

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About This Book

Of all of Jonson's plays, Bartholomew Fair with its focus on the conflict between a carnivalesque enjoyment of the flesh and society's desire for order and control, speaks most directly to the modern audience. This edition is the first to use the findings of feminist scholarship in examining the play's concern with forced marriage, pregnancy, sexual commerce and widowhood. Glosses and notes are provided for students and theatre-goers clarifying the language and dialects Jons...

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Of all of Jonson's plays, Bartholomew Fair with its focus on the conflict between a carnivalesque enjoyment of the flesh and society's desire for order and control, speaks most directly to the modern audience. This edition is the first to use the findings of feminist scholarship in examining the play's concern with forced marriage, pregnancy, sexual commerce and widowhood. Glosses and notes are provided for students and theatre-goers clarifying the language and dialects Jonson uses to individualise the characters in his prose masterpiece and helpfully explicating layers of meaning and topical references.