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Sejanus, His Fall: by Ben Jonson (The Revels Plays) - Softcover

 
9780719057021: Sejanus, His Fall: by Ben Jonson (The Revels Plays)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0719057027 ISBN 13: 9780719057021
Publisher: Manchester University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This edition of Jonson's great Roman tragedy is more intensively researched than any that has previously appeared. The text is based on extensive collation of the 1605 and 1616 versions and takes the earlier version as "copy-text." The introduction offers a radically new assessment of Jonson's "historiography" and his treatment of sources. It provides an explanation for the charge of treason leveled at Jonson over Sejanus and for which he had to answer to the Privy Council. Explanatory notes to the text provide much new information to facilitate a properly informed reading of the play.

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About the Author

Philip Ayres is Professor of English at Monash University, Australia

From the Back Cover

This edition of Jonson's great Roman tragedy is more intensively researched than any that has previously appeared. The text is based on extensive collation of the 1605 and 1616 versions and takes the earlier version as "copy-text." The introduction offers a radically new assessment of Jonson's "historiography" and his treatment of sources. It provides an explanation for the charge of treason leveled at Jonson over Sejanus and for which he had to answer to the Privy Council. Explanatory notes to the text provide much new information to facilitate a properly informed reading of the play.

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This edition of Jonson's great Roman tragedy is more intensively researched than any that has previously appeared. The text is based on extensive collation of the 1605 and 1616 versions and takes the earlier version as "copy-text." The introduction offers a radically new assessment of Jonson's "historiography" and his treatment of sources. It provides an explanation for the charge of treason leveled at Jonson over Sejanus and for which he had to answer to the Privy Council. Explanatory notes to the text provide much new information to facilitate a properly informed reading of the play.

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Publisher
Manchester University Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0719057027
ISBN 13 
9780719057021
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
304
Editor
Ayres Philip