An annotated edition of Joshua Barnes' The academie, or, The Cambridge Dunns : with an introductory essay on the place of Joshua Barnes in seventeenth-century English theatre / edit and annotated by Alan Swanson ; with a foreword by Tiffany Stern.

By:

Barnes, Joshua, 1654-1712

Contributor(s):

Swanson, Alan

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780773421202
0773421203

Uniform titles:

Academie

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Annotated edition of Joshua Barnes' The academie, or, The Cambridge Dunns.DDC classification:

822/.4 23

LOC classification:

PR3316.B29 A65 2011eb

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Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Converting Scholars to Gentelmen; Joshua Barnes: Poet, Playright, Professor; Cambridge and its Theatres; The Academie; Englebert and Landgartha; The Triumph of the Hogshead; The Academie or The Cambridge Dunns: A Comedy by Joshua Barnes, Edited by Alan Swanson; Act One; Act Two; Act Three; Act Four; Act Five; Appendix: Some Notes on Landgartha; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: An annotated edition of Joshua Barnes The Academie, or The Cambridge Dunns, with a new essay on the place of Barnes in 17th English Theatre. Swanson examines the bawdy and dark satire of the Cambridge playwright Joshua Barnes whose play savages the university and town. Barnes' annotated version of this play sheds new light on English satire and Barnes as a "university wit," while situating the play's importance by differentiating it from its contemporary rivals in London.

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An annotated edition of Joshua Barnes The Academie, or The Cambridge Dunns, with a new essay on the place of Barnes in 17th English Theatre. Swanson examines the bawdy and dark satire of the Cambridge playwright Joshua Barnes whose play savages the university and town. Barnes' annotated version of this play sheds new light on English satire and Barnes as a "university wit," while situating the play's importance by differentiating it from its contemporary rivals in London.

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