{"product_id":"ben-jonson-and-the-art-of-secrecy-9781442655027","title":"Ben Jonson and the Art of Secrecy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecrets 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConspiracies and intrigues are the driving force of Jonson's dramatic universe. Focusing on \u003cem\u003eSejanus, His Fall\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eVolpone, or the Fox\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eEpicoene, or the Silent Woman\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Alchemist\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eCatiline, His Conspiracy\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBartholomew Fair\u003c\/em\u003e, William Slights places Jonson within the context of the secrecy- ridden culture of the court of King James I and provides illuminating readings of his best-known plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlights draws on the sociology of secrecy, the history of censorship, and the theory of hermeneutics to investigate secrecy, intrigue, and conspiracy as aspects of Jonsonian dramatic form, contemporary court\/city\/chu\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151270441303,"sku":"9781442655027","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442655027.jpg?v=1762960652","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ben-jonson-and-the-art-of-secrecy-9781442655027","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}