TY - GEN AB - "This book examines the influence of John Marston, typically seen as a minor figure among early modern dramatists, on his colleague Ben Jonson. While Marston is usually famed more for his very public rivalry with Jonson than for the quality of his plays, this book argues that such a view of Marston seriously underestimates his importance to the theatre of his time. In it, the author contends that Marston's plays represent an experiment in a new kind of satiric drama, with origins in the humanist tradition of serio ludere. His works--deliberately unpredictable, inconsistent and metatheatrical--subvert theatrical conventions and provide confusingly multiple perspectives on the action, forcing their spectators to engage actively with the drama and the moral dilemmas that it presents. The book argues that Marston's work thus anticipates and perhaps influenced the mid-period work of Ben Jonson, in plays such as Sejanus, Volpone and The Alchemist"-- AU - Yearling, Rebecca Kate, CN - PR2697 ID - 857345 KW - Theater KW - Theater KW - English drama KW - English drama KW - Satire, English KW - Theater audiences KW - Theater audiences LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-137-56399-6 N2 - "This book examines the influence of John Marston, typically seen as a minor figure among early modern dramatists, on his colleague Ben Jonson. While Marston is usually famed more for his very public rivalry with Jonson than for the quality of his plays, this book argues that such a view of Marston seriously underestimates his importance to the theatre of his time. In it, the author contends that Marston's plays represent an experiment in a new kind of satiric drama, with origins in the humanist tradition of serio ludere. His works--deliberately unpredictable, inconsistent and metatheatrical--subvert theatrical conventions and provide confusingly multiple perspectives on the action, forcing their spectators to engage actively with the drama and the moral dilemmas that it presents. The book argues that Marston's work thus anticipates and perhaps influenced the mid-period work of Ben Jonson, in plays such as Sejanus, Volpone and The Alchemist"-- SN - 9781137563989 SN - 1137563982 SN - 9781137563996 SN - 1137563990 T1 - Ben Jonson, John Marston and early modern drama :satire and the audience / TI - Ben Jonson, John Marston and early modern drama :satire and the audience / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-137-56399-6 ER -