Every Man out of His Humour (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Ben Jonson
- First Published: 1600
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Turn of the seventeenth century
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Comedy of humors
- Subjects: England or English people, Seventeenth century, London, Human behavior, Sixteenth century, Braggarts
- Locales: London, England
Places Discussed
Italian countryside. The play’s opening scene and several others throughout the drama are set in the country. Many of the major characters are country folk, and they exhibit behaviors often associated with less sophisticated men and women who wish to ape the fashion and behavior of city dwellers. The appearance in the country of figures who have lived in the city and been to court is enough to cause people with a propensity for pretentious behavior to pay close attention to those who claim to be able to help them improve their social status and fortune by...
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