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A lively and ambitious satire in which Ben Jonson takes a stand on various developments in later Jacobean society. It offers a modernised text based on a collation of the 1631-40 folio, together with an introduction and a commentary which sets Jonson's art in its social and intellectual context.

Table of Contents

1. The text
2. Career and Date
3. Sources and traditions
4. Jonson and the news trade
5. The play
6. The play on the stage
7. THE STAPLE OF NEWS
8. Appendices

The Staple of News By Ben Jonson The Revels Plays

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 3/23/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719059063, 978-0719059063
      ISBN10: 0719059062

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A lively and ambitious satire in which Ben Jonson takes a stand on various developments in later Jacobean society. It offers a modernised text based on a collation of the 1631-40 folio, together with an introduction and a commentary which sets Jonson's art in its social and intellectual context.

      Table of Contents

      1. The text
      2. Career and Date
      3. Sources and traditions
      4. Jonson and the news trade
      5. The play
      6. The play on the stage
      7. THE STAPLE OF NEWS
      8. Appendices

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