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Plotting Early Modern London: New Essays on Jacobean City Comedy.(Book review)
From:
The Modern Language Review
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October 1, 2006| Author:
Kay, W. David
| COPYRIGHT 2006 Modern Humanities Research Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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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...