{"product_id":"convention-and-contravention-in-ben-jonson-s-three-comedies-volpone-the-alchemist-bartholomew-fair-9783631852477","title":"Convention and Contravention in Ben Jonson’s","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConvention and Contravention in Ben Jonson’s Three Comedies: Volpone, The\u003cbr\u003eAlchemist, Bartholomew Fair is a book about Jonson’s convention of comedy that\u003cbr\u003eis a disguise for the realities of life. The book aims to show the importance of the\u003cbr\u003etruths that are generally away from the human eye in Jonson’s time through scrutiny\u003cbr\u003eof Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair. Selected plays are in a dialogue\u003cbr\u003ewith Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Measure for Measure, and Twelfth Night, and\u003cbr\u003eclose analysis of the texts of the plays offers the reader a detailed study of the upside\u003cbr\u003edown world of the comedic, carnivalesque period that enables characters free\u003cbr\u003ethemselves of their responsibilities. The plays end in harmony, taking all scattered\u003cbr\u003eparts of the disarray of the carnival time back to its normal. Madness, lack of morality,\u003cbr\u003edeceitfulness, confusion, misunderstandings, and disguise are common elements in\u003cbr\u003eall the plays discussed in the book. Ben Jonson takes the opportunity and presents a\u003cbr\u003ecritical viewpoint about the Elizabethan and Jacobean laxity and leniency, making the\u003cbr\u003ecarnivalesque spirit central to his criticism. This book intends to immerse into ways in\u003cbr\u003ewhich characters create chaos within themselves in the selected plays. Shakespeare’s\u003cbr\u003eselected plays are supplementary texts that richly add layers, branches, and offices to\u003cbr\u003ethe reading of Jonson’s society rather than just enriching the comedic impact of the\u003cbr\u003eperformances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction – Crisis of Parasitism in \u003ci\u003eVolpone\u003c\/i\u003e – Endorsement and Denunciation in \u003ci\u003eThe Alchemist\u003c\/i\u003e – Transgression and Integrity in \u003ci\u003eBartholomew Fair\u003c\/i\u003e – Conclusion – References – About the Author – Index \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044525703511,"sku":"9783631852477","price":33.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/convention-and-contravention-in-ben-jonson-s-three-comedies-volpone-the-alchemist-bartholomew-fair-9783631852477","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}