The complete plays of Ben Jonson
By: edited by G. A. Wilkes.
Contributors: Wilkes, G. A. 1927-
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Description: Ben Jonson was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly 'Volpone', 'The Alchemist', and 'Bartholomew Fair'. This is the first volume of his complete plays.
Notes: Based on the ed. edited by C. H. Herford and P. and E. Simpson.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. A tale of a tub. The case is altered. Every man in his humour. Every man out of his humour.; title: v. 2. Cynthia's revels. Poetaster Sejanus. Eastward ho.; title: v. 3. Volpone. Epicoene. The alchemist Catiline.; title: v. 4. Bartholomew Fair. The devil is an ass. The staple of news. The new inn. The magnetic lady.