โ Scribed by Richard Allen Cave (auth.)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
On Inductions....Pages 1-8
Elizabethan Jonson....Pages 9-30
A First Interlude: โSejanus his Fallโ....Pages 31-43
โVolponeโ....Pages 44-61
โEpicoeneโ....Pages 62-75
โThe Alchemistโ....Pages 76-92
โBartholomew Fairโ....Pages 93-118
โThe Devil Is An Assโ....Pages 119-135
A Second Interlude: the Court Masques....Pages 136-143
Caroline Jonson....Pages 144-171
Back Matter....Pages 172-184
British and Irish Literature; Early Modern/Renaissance Literature
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