Main entry:

Paster, Gail Kern.

Title & Author:

The idea of the city in the age of Shakespeare / Gail Kern Paster.

Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©1985.

Description:

xii, 249 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-244) and index.
Introduction : The arts are produced by overcrowding -- Out of the city -- two -- Writers in the ancient city : Horace, Juvenal, and Plautus -- To starve with feeding : Shakespeare's idea of Rome -- "Some high 'vic'd city" : Timon of Athens, Sejanus, and Catiline -- The commonwealth fained : Jonson's masques and Middleton's civic pageants -- Parasites and sub-parasites : the city as predator in Jonson and Middleton -- The nature of our people : Shakespeare's city comedies -- Conclusion : A bounty of contradictions.

ISBN:

0820307858 (alk. paper)
9780820307855 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Political and social views.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 Political and social views.
Middleton, Thomas, -1627 Political and social views.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
Middleton, Thomas, -1627.
Jonson, Ben 1572-1637
Middleton, Thomas 1580-1627
Shakespeare, William 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William.
Jonson, Ben.
Middleton, Thomas.
City and town life in literature.
English drama 17th century History and criticism.
English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism.
Vie urbaine dans la littérature.
Théâtre anglais 17e siècle Histoire et critique.
Théâtre anglais 16e siècle Histoire et critique.
English drama.
English drama Early modern and Elizabethan.
Political and social views.
Stadt
Jonson, Ben 1573?-1637 Political and social views
Middleton, Thomas d. 1627 Political and social views
Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Political and social views

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 145134
Call No.: ID:87-B18872
Status: Available