New Mermaids: Epicone or The Silent
Author: Jonson,Ben
ISBN: 9780713666687
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 01 Jan 2003
Pages: 0
Format: Paperback / softback
Epicoene is Jonson's most daring departure from comedy's normal direction and purpose; instead of leading its characters from sorrow to joy and reaffirming the harmony of the social group, it ends in lack, loss and disharmony. The introduction discusses the play's pervading concern with sexual decorum (or lack of it) and shows how each of the play's socially disruptive characters is matched with an appropriate mode of disorderly speech, while the imagery stresses the ideas of social division and disorder.
Introduction
The author
Date and stage history
Sources
The play
Note on the text
Illustrations
Further reading
The playtext
Appendices- Early musical setting; Jonson's classical sources
ISBN: 9780713666687
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 01 Jan 2003
Pages: 0
Format: Paperback / softback
Epicoene is Jonson's most daring departure from comedy's normal direction and purpose; instead of leading its characters from sorrow to joy and reaffirming the harmony of the social group, it ends in lack, loss and disharmony. The introduction discusses the play's pervading concern with sexual decorum (or lack of it) and shows how each of the play's socially disruptive characters is matched with an appropriate mode of disorderly speech, while the imagery stresses the ideas of social division and disorder.
Introduction
The author
Date and stage history
Sources
The play
Note on the text
Illustrations
Further reading
The playtext
Appendices- Early musical setting; Jonson's classical sources
