The World Upside-Down: Comedy from Jonson to Fielding
by Ian Donaldson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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PICTON, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
This book is a study of English comic theatre, including Epicoene, Bartholomew Fair, The Antipodes, The Plain Dealer, The Way of the World, and The Beggar's Opera. It ends with a study of Fielding's work, and traces the influence of Ben Jonson on the course of comic writing in England. In particular, the book discusses the ways in which comedy was used as "an imaginative representation of social disorder."
The book is in Near Fine condition with a dust jacket in Good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books & Company (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 98
- Title
- The World Upside-Down
- Author
- Ian Donaldson
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1970
- Pages
- 211
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- literary theory, literary criticism, nonfiction, theatre, England, seventeenth century, eighteenth century
Terms of Sale
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