UID:
almafu_9958353182102883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781442623521
Series Statement:
Heritage
Content:
Equally rejecting the position that Jonson was a renegade subverter of the arcana imperii and that he was a thorough-going court apologist, Slights finds that the playwright redraws the lines between private and public discourse for his own and subsequent ages.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Note on Texts --
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Introduction --
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1. Secret Places in Renaissance Drama --
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2. Mystifying the Tyrant and Enforcing the Text: Impossible Combinations in Sejanus --
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3. The Play of Conspiracies in Volpone --
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4. Private Lies, Public Notice: Epicoene and Theatrical Deception --
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5. The New Face of Secrecy in The Alchemist --
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6. Catiline's Conspiracy and the Problem of Containment --
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7. State-Decipherers and Politique Picklockes: Interpretation as Self-Replication in Bartholomew Fair --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Works Cited --
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Index
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.3138/9781442623521
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442623521
