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This is the new paperback edition of the first fully annotated volume of Ben Jonson''s ''The Magnetic Lady'' written in 1632. It contains textual and explanatory notes and the text is modernised for student use. The introduction places the play in the context of Jonson''s later dramatic and poetic works and discusses the political context of the Caroline court. A performance history of the play and fresh material relating to its seventeenth-century reception are also provided.

This edition by Peter Happè critically reappraises Jonson''s much-neglected play and argues for its recognition as a work of real distinction.



Table of Contents

List of illustrations
General Editor's Preface
Editor's acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. The Magnetic Lady
3. Appendices
Glossarial index to the commentary

The Magnetic Lady

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 5 January 2009
      ISBN-13 9780719080401
      978-0719080401
      ISBN-10 0719080401

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This is the new paperback edition of the first fully annotated volume of Ben Jonson''s ''The Magnetic Lady'' written in 1632. It contains textual and explanatory notes and the text is modernised for student use. The introduction places the play in the context of Jonson''s later dramatic and poetic works and discusses the political context of the Caroline court. A performance history of the play and fresh material relating to its seventeenth-century reception are also provided.

      This edition by Peter Happè critically reappraises Jonson''s much-neglected play and argues for its recognition as a work of real distinction.



      Table of Contents

      List of illustrations
      General Editor's Preface
      Editor's acknowledgements
      Abbreviations
      1. Introduction
      2. The Magnetic Lady
      3. Appendices
      Glossarial index to the commentary

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