Ben Jonson's Plays and Masques

by Ben Jonson

Also included are three masques: Mercury Vindicated from the Alchemist at Court, Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue, and--new to the Second Edition--The Masque of Blackness, Jonson's first masque and one that deals with issues of interest to contemporary culture. Each text includes expanded annotations.

Jonson on His Work collects statements by the author on plays and on poetry taken from some of the plays, from Discoveries, and from Conversations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393976386
• ISBN13: 9780393976380
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Incredibly useful

This work contains a number of important plays and masques by Ben Jonson and his collaborators, including the best annotated edition of The Alchemist I've found. While it by no means contains all of his works (the man was prolific, but in many ways this title should be "Ben Jonson's Comedies and Masques"), it's a great start if you're looking to build a library of Renaissance plays and performances on a reasonable budget.