Bartholomew Fair; Author: Jonson, Ben; Editor: Gossett, Suzanne; Paperback

Author: Jonson, Ben; Editor: Gossett, Suzanne
Revels Plays (Paperback); Paperback; Facsimiles
195 pages
Published: November 2000
Manchester University Press
ISBN: 0719051509

This edition is the first to use the findings of feminist scholarship in examining the play's concern with forced marriage, pregnancy, sexual commerce and widowhood. This edition is the first to use the findings of feminist scholarship in examining the play's concern with forced marriage, pregnancy, sexual commerce and widowhood.In Bartholomew Fair, Jonson satirizes the religious, social and political conflicts of Jacobean England. The play represents the climax to Jonson's great comic period. This edition includes glosses and notes intended to assist students, and examines elements of the play from a feminist viewpoint.