{"product_id":"bartholmew-fair-ben-jonson-9780713674279","title":"Bartholmew Fair","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarly modern London - too foggy and Protestant to have a carnival -\u003cbr\u003eoffered its inhabitants commercial events during which to indulge their\u003cbr\u003eneed for bodily delights and festival exuberance. The fair of St\u003cbr\u003eBartholmew, held anually in Smithfield on 24 August, served Jonson as\u003cbr\u003ean opportunity to dissect a wide cross-section of Londoners and their\u003cbr\u003evarious reasons for spending a day out among the booths, stalls, smells\u003cbr\u003eand noises of the fair. Unusually magnanimous for a Jonsonian city\u003cbr\u003ecomedy, the main thrust of the satire is not against fools, madmen, \u003cbr\u003efortune-hunters, cuckolds or prostitutes, but against hypocrisy and\u003cbr\u003ebigotry. This edition shows that the play can be read as a\u003cbr\u003ecomprehensive refutation of puritanism and the London magistracy, both\u003cbr\u003eof whom were attacking the theatre (and the festive culture of which it\u003cbr\u003ewas still part) as idolatrous, seditious and disorderly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Jonson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 071367427X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780713674279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.60d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ben Jonson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981128663295,"sku":"9780713674279","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7bbdf318-41bf-4cb7-8d5c-671aa0ef03a8.jpg?v=1683253814","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bartholmew-fair-ben-jonson-9780713674279","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}