The Devil is an Ass, Issues 29-30H. Holt, 1905 - 252 pages |
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... Dekker xxvii 5. The Novella of Belfagor and the Comedy of Grim 6. Summary 7. The Figure of the Vice 8. Jonson's Use of the Vice II . THE SATIRICAL DRAMA XXX xxxiv xxxiv xxxvii xli 1. General Treatment of the Plot xli · 2. Chief Sources ...
... Dekker xxvii 5. The Novella of Belfagor and the Comedy of Grim 6. Summary 7. The Figure of the Vice 8. Jonson's Use of the Vice II . THE SATIRICAL DRAMA XXX xxxiv xxxiv xxxvii xli 1. General Treatment of the Plot xli · 2. Chief Sources ...
Page xxvii
... Dekker It was the familiar legend of Friar Rush which furnished the groundwork of Jonson's play . The story seems to be ' Hierarchie of the Blessed Angels 9. 574 . 3 Part 3 , Cant . I , 1. 1415 . Cf. Devil in Britain and America , ch ...
... Dekker It was the familiar legend of Friar Rush which furnished the groundwork of Jonson's play . The story seems to be ' Hierarchie of the Blessed Angels 9. 574 . 3 Part 3 , Cant . I , 1. 1415 . Cf. Devil in Britain and America , ch ...
Page xxix
... Dekker's drama , If this be not a good Play , the Diuell is in it , appeared in 1612. Jonson in roundabout fashion acknowledged his indebtedness to this play by the closing line of his prologue , If this Play doe not like , the Diuell ...
... Dekker's drama , If this be not a good Play , the Diuell is in it , appeared in 1612. Jonson in roundabout fashion acknowledged his indebtedness to this play by the closing line of his prologue , If this Play doe not like , the Diuell ...
Page xxx
... Dekker , Whore of Babylon , Wks . 2. 255. The sentiment is not original with Dekker . Cf. Middleton , Black Book , 1604 : And were it number'd well , There are more devils on earth than are in hell . * Dekker makes a similar pun on ...
... Dekker , Whore of Babylon , Wks . 2. 255. The sentiment is not original with Dekker . Cf. Middleton , Black Book , 1604 : And were it number'd well , There are more devils on earth than are in hell . * Dekker makes a similar pun on ...
Page xxxi
... Dekker and Machiavelli place the opening scene in the classical Hades instead of in the Christian hell . But Dekker's treatment of the situation is far more like Jonson's than is the novella's . Herford makes the distinction clear ...
... Dekker and Machiavelli place the opening scene in the classical Hades instead of in the Christian hell . But Dekker's treatment of the situation is far more like Jonson's than is the novella's . Herford makes the distinction clear ...
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