Drama and Society in the Age of Jonson
by Knights, L. C
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: Chattto & Windus, 1962 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xii, 346 (2) pp. Reprinted, 1962. Price clipped. Faintly faded spine dj. lightly age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, pages clean, white, and bright. 5.75" x 8.75". Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dust Jacket in removable acetate protector. foreword, Introduction: Shakespeare and Profit Inflations; The Background: I. The Inherited Economic Order under Elizabeth; II The Development of Capitalist Enterprise; III. New Elements in the National Life; IV. Social Theory. The Dramatists: V Drama and Society; VI. Tradition and Ben Jonson; VII. Jonson and the Anti-Acquisitive Attitude; VIII. Dekker, Heywood and Citizen Morality; IX. Middleton and the New Social Classes; X. The Significance of Messinger's Social Comedies: With a Note on 'Decadence'; Appendix: A. Elizabethan Prose; B. 17th-Century Melancholy; bibliography, index..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005443
- Title
- Drama and Society in the Age of Jonson
- Author
- Knights, L. C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Chattto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- LITERARY CRITICISM DRAMA 17TH CENTURY NATIONAL LIFE SOCIETY AND SOCIAL THEORY CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION
- Size
- Large Octavo
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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