Items related to Every Man in His Humour (New Mermaids)
Like all of Jonson's city comedies, this play - here given in the 1616 Folio version, in which Jonson rewrote and set it in England, not Italy - is a kind of dramatised Do-It-Yourself kit on how to bluff one's way in Elizabethan London. Although Roman New Comedy, in which a crafty slave helps a wild youngster to marry the girl of his choice against his father's wishes, supplies Jonson with his basic plot, the world that he presents here is thoroughly contemporary and mundane. The characters' 'humours' - their driving obsessions - may vary, but all of them strive to represent something greater, nobler, cleverer than their real selves. The joke of the play, this editor suggests, is 'finally on all of us who unconsciously equate the universe with a story in which we play the hero'.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Robert N. Watson is Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has served since 1997 as Head Scholar of the Teaching Shakespeare Summer Institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherMethuen Drama
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0713643978
- ISBN 13 9780713643978
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages160
- EditorWatson Robert N.
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 18.28
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Every Man in His Humour (New Mermaids)
Published by
Methuen Drama
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0713643978
ISBN 13: 9780713643978
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. 0.44. Seller Inventory # 0713643978-2-1
Buy New
US$ 18.28
Convert currency
Stock Image
Every Man in His Humour (New Mermaids)
Published by
Methuen Drama
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0713643978
ISBN 13: 9780713643978
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 0.44. Seller Inventory # 353-0713643978-new
Buy New
US$ 18.29
Convert currency
Seller Image
Every Man in His Humour
Published by
Methuen Drama
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0713643978
ISBN 13: 9780713643978
New
Softcover
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 1427812-n
Buy New
US$ 15.68
Convert currency
Stock Image
Every Man in His Humour (New Mermaids)
Published by
Methuen Drama
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0713643978
ISBN 13: 9780713643978
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Feb2416190128774
Buy New
US$ 15.65
Convert currency
Stock Image
Every Man in His Humour (New Mermaids)
Published by
Methuen Drama
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0713643978
ISBN 13: 9780713643978
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # I-9780713643978
Buy New
US$ 20.00
Convert currency
Stock Image
Every Man in His Humour New Mermaids
Published by
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0713643978
ISBN 13: 9780713643978
New
PAP
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # L0-9780713643978
Buy New
US$ 20.14
Convert currency
Stock Image
Every Man in His Humour (Paperback)
Published by
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0713643978
ISBN 13: 9780713643978
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Like all of Jonson's city comedies, this play - here given in the 1616 Folio version, in which Jonson rewrote and set it in England, not Italy - is a kind of dramatised Do-It-Yourself kit on how to bluff one's way in Elizabethan London. Although Roman New Comedy, in which a crafty slave helps a wild youngster to marry the girl of his choice against his father's wishes, supplies Jonson with his basic plot, the world that he presents here is thoroughly contemporary and mundane. The characters' 'humours' - their driving obsessions - may vary, but all of them strive to represent something greater, nobler, cleverer than their real selves. The joke of the play, this editor suggests, is 'finally on all of us who unconsciously equate the universe with a story in which we play the hero'. A comedy set in the lively London of Ben Jonson's day, depicting the life of the merchant Kitely, surrounded by his family acquaintances, rogues and a merry magistrate. The excessive humours of boastful vanity, marital jealousy, naivety and suspicion make for comic interplay between the characters. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780713643978
Buy New
US$ 21.48
Convert currency
Stock Image
Every Man in His Humour (New Mermaids)
Published by
Methuen Drama
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0713643978
ISBN 13: 9780713643978
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Brand New Copy. Seller Inventory # BBB_new0713643978
Buy New
US$ 22.58
Convert currency
Stock Image
Every Man in His Humour (New Mermaids)
Published by
Methuen Drama
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0713643978
ISBN 13: 9780713643978
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon0713643978
Buy New
US$ 24.44
Convert currency
Stock Image
Every Man in His Humour (New Mermaids)
Published by
Methuen Drama
(1998)
ISBN 10: 0713643978
ISBN 13: 9780713643978
New
Paperback
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. 2nd Edition. Special order direct from the distributor. Seller Inventory # ING9780713643978
Buy New
US$ 17.79
Convert currency