Plotting Early Modern London: New Essays on Jacobean City Comedy.(Book review)

From: The Modern Language Review | Date: October 1, 2006| Author: Kay, W. David | Copyright information

Plotting Early Modern London: New Essays on Jacobean City Comedy. Ed. by DIETER MEHL, ANGELA STOCK, and ANNE-JULIA ZWIERLEIN. Aldershot: Ashgate. 2004. ix+236 pp. 45 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-7546-4097-3.

Essentially a Festschrift for Brian Gibbons, whoseyacobean City Comedy: A Study of Satiric Plays by Jonson, Marston and Middleton (London: Hart-Davis, 1968) established realistic comedies of London life as a distinct Renaissance dramatic subgenre, this volume re-examines...