The magnetic lady
By: Ben Jonson ; edited by Peter Happé.
Contributors: Happé, Peter.
Series: The Revels plays
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Manchester, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Description: "This is the first fully annotated edition 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 is also provided."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-59) and index.