Sejanus, His Fall

Sejanus, His FallThis edition of Jonson's great Roman tragedy is more intensively researched than any that has previously appeared. The text is based on extensive collation of the 1605 and 1616 versions and takes the earlier version as "copy text." The introduction offers a radically new assessment of Jonson's "historiography" and his treatment of sources. It provides an explanation for the charge of treason leveled at Jonson over Sejanus and for which he had to

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burning political passions

the book contextualizes refusals of acting on stage and screen and engages in an analysis of fascist theatricality

The book concludes with a brief manifesto for making contemporary theatre by the editors

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each issue contains a review of recent Baldwin scholarship and an award-winning graduate student essay

resistance and divorce

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An engaging and comprehensive research handbook for patients and members of the public who want to learn more about the approaches

‘Neo-Gothic Narratives’ defines and theorises what mobilises the employment of the Gothic to speak to our own times