Shakespeare and the Poets' War

Name: Shakespeare and the Poets' War
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ISBN: 9780231122436

ISBN-10: 0231122438

ISBN-13: 9780231122436

Edition: 2001

Authors: James Bednarz, James Bednarz

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In a remarkable piece of detective work, Shakespeare scholar James Bednarz traces the Bard's legendary wit-combats with Ben Jonson to their source during the Poets' War. Bednarz offers the most thorough reevaluation of this "War of the Theaters" since Harbage's Shakespeare and the Rival Traditions, revealing a new vision of Shakespeare as a playwright intimately concerned with the production of his plays, the opinions of his rivals, and the impact his works had on their original audiences. Rather than viewing Shakespeare as an anonymous creator, Shakespeare and the Poets' War re-creates the contentious entertainment industry that fostered his genius when he first began to write at the Globe…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 5/7/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 266
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.144



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Elizabethan Dramatists as Literary Critics



Shakespeare's Purge of Jonson: The Theatrical Context of Troilus and Cressida






Jonson on Shakespeare: Criticism as Self-Creation



Representing Jonson: Histriomastix and the Origin of the Poets' War



Shakespeare in Love: The Containment of Comical Satire in As You Like It



Marston's Festive Comedy: Punishing Jonson in Jack Drum's Entertainment






The War of the Private Theaters: Cynthia's Revels or What You Will



Shakespeare at the Fountain of Self-Love: Twelfth Night at the Center of the Poets' War






"Impeaching Your Own Quality": Constructions of Poetic Authority in Poetaster and Satiromastix



Ben Jonson and the "Little Eyases": Theatrical Politics in Hamlet


An Armed Epilogue: Troilus and Cressida and the Impact of the Poets' War


Chronological Appendix


Notes


Index