Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)

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By Ben Jonson

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The genius of Jacobean theatre appears here in his entirety for the first in digital print. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Ben Jonson, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

  • Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Jonson's life and works

  • Concise introductions to the plays and other texts

  • Images of how the dramas were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

  • Excellent formatting of the texts

  • ALL 19 plays, including rare fragments and F G Waldron's continuation of THE SAD SHEPHERD

  • Includes the complete masques and entertainments for the first time in digital print

  • Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry

  • Easily locate the poems you want to read

  • Includes Jonson's rare non-fiction texts

  • Features a special Jacobean Language glossary, providing easy access to difficult words and their definitions

  • Special criticism section, with essays by writers such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and T. S. Eliot evaluating Jonson's contribution to literature

  • Also includes a bonus biography – discover Jonson's turbulent life

  • Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

    CONTENTS:

    The Plays

    A TALE OF A TUB

    THE ISLE OF DOGS (LOST PLAY)

    THE CASE IS ALTERED

    EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR

    EVERY MAN OUT OF HIS HUMOUR

    CYNTHIA'S REVELS

    THE POETASTER

    SEJANUS HIS FALL

    EASTWARD HO

    VOLPONE

    EPICOENE

    THE ALCHEMIST

    CATILINE HIS CONSPIRACY

    BARTHOLOMEW FAIR

    THE DEVIL IS AN ASS

    THE STAPLE OF NEWS

    THE NEW INN

    THE MAGNETIC LADY

    THE SAD SHEPHERD (Fragment)

    MORTIMER HIS FALL (Fragment)

    The Masques and Entertainments

    THE MASQUES OF BEN JONSON

    The Poetry Collections

    EPIGRAMS

    THE FOREST

    UNDERWOOD

    EUPHEME OR, THE FAIRE FAME

    EPITHALAMION

    MISCELLANEOUS POEMS

    The Poems

    LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

    LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

    The Non-Fiction

    TIMBER, OR DISCOVERIES MADE UPON MEN AND MATTER

    ENGLISH GRAMMAR

    The Criticism

    NOTES ON BEN JONSON by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

    BEN JONSON by Jacob Feis

    MASQUES AND GENERAL INFLUENCE by W. W. Greg

    BEN JONSON by T. S. Eliot

    The Biography

    LIFE OF BEN JONSON by Felix E. Schelling

    Glossary of Jacobean Language

  • Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)