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Title: The Devil is an Ass
Author: Ben Jonson
Editor: William Savage Johnson
Albert S. Cook
Release Date: October 7, 2015 [EBook #50150]
Language: English
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Transcriber's Note:
Underscores before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_
in the original text.
Equal signs before and after a word or phrase indicate =bold=
in the original text.
Caret symbols indicate superscript text.
Small capitals have been converted to ALL CAPITALS.
Old or archaic spellings have been preserved.
In the text of the actual play, lowercase "s" has been replaced by
the "long s", "?
Old or archaic spellings have been preserved.
In the text of the actual play, lowercase "s" has been replaced by
the "long s", "? ". The capital letter "W" is often replaced with
"VV", the letter "v" and the letter "u" are used interchangeably,
and the letters "i" and "j" are also used interchangeably.
Many of the characters names in the play have various spellings,
e. g. , MERE-CRAFT and MERECRAFT, MEERECRAFT
EVER-ILL and EVERILL
FITZ-DOTTEREL and FITZDOTTEREL
PIT_FAL and PITFALL
DIVEL and DIVELL.
The footnotes in the actual play were added by the author as part of
his thesis. The references for these footnotes are the line numbers.
Since each scene begins the line numbers over at 1, these footnotes
have been collected at the end of each scene, and refer to the
appropriate line in the preceding scene.
YALE STUDIES IN ENGLISH
ALBERT S. COOK, EDITOR
XXIX
THE DEVIL IS AN ASS
BY BEN JONSON
Edited with Introduction, Notes, and Glossary
BY WILLIAM SAVAGE JOHNSON, Ph. D.
_Instructor in English in Yale University_
A Thesis presented to
the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University
in Candidacy for the Degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
[Illustration]
NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1905
Copyright by William Savage Johnson, 1905
PRESS OF THE TUTTLE, MOREHOUSE & TAYLOR COMPANY
TO MY MOTHER
PREFACE
In _The Devil is an Ass_ Jonson may be studied, first, as a student;
secondly, as an observer. Separated by only two years from the
preceding play, _Bartholomew Fair_, and by nine from the following,
_The Staple of News_, the present play marks the close of an epoch in
the poet's life, the period of his vigorous maturity. Its relations
with the plays of his earlier periods are therefore of especial
interest.
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most
other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions
whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of
the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at
www. gutenberg. org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have
to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook.
Title: The Devil is an Ass
Author: Ben Jonson
Editor: William Savage Johnson
Albert S. Cook
Release Date: October 7, 2015 [EBook #50150]
Language: English
Character set encoding: UTF-8
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DEVIL IS AN ASS ***
Produced by Charlene Taylor, Paul Marshall and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www. pgdp. net (This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Transcriber's Note:
Underscores before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_
in the original text.
Equal signs before and after a word or phrase indicate =bold=
in the original text.
Caret symbols indicate superscript text.
Small capitals have been converted to ALL CAPITALS.
Old or archaic spellings have been preserved.
In the text of the actual play, lowercase "s" has been replaced by
the "long s", "?
Old or archaic spellings have been preserved.
In the text of the actual play, lowercase "s" has been replaced by
the "long s", "? ". The capital letter "W" is often replaced with
"VV", the letter "v" and the letter "u" are used interchangeably,
and the letters "i" and "j" are also used interchangeably.
Many of the characters names in the play have various spellings,
e. g. , MERE-CRAFT and MERECRAFT, MEERECRAFT
EVER-ILL and EVERILL
FITZ-DOTTEREL and FITZDOTTEREL
PIT_FAL and PITFALL
DIVEL and DIVELL.
The footnotes in the actual play were added by the author as part of
his thesis. The references for these footnotes are the line numbers.
Since each scene begins the line numbers over at 1, these footnotes
have been collected at the end of each scene, and refer to the
appropriate line in the preceding scene.
YALE STUDIES IN ENGLISH
ALBERT S. COOK, EDITOR
XXIX
THE DEVIL IS AN ASS
BY BEN JONSON
Edited with Introduction, Notes, and Glossary
BY WILLIAM SAVAGE JOHNSON, Ph. D.
_Instructor in English in Yale University_
A Thesis presented to
the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University
in Candidacy for the Degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
[Illustration]
NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1905
Copyright by William Savage Johnson, 1905
PRESS OF THE TUTTLE, MOREHOUSE & TAYLOR COMPANY
TO MY MOTHER
PREFACE
In _The Devil is an Ass_ Jonson may be studied, first, as a student;
secondly, as an observer. Separated by only two years from the
preceding play, _Bartholomew Fair_, and by nine from the following,
_The Staple of News_, the present play marks the close of an epoch in
the poet's life, the period of his vigorous maturity. Its relations
with the plays of his earlier periods are therefore of especial
interest.
