Chapter II: Introduction: Page

A. EDITIONS OF THE TEXT xi

B. DATE AND PRESENTATION xvii

C. THE DEVIL IS AN ASS xix

I. THE DEVIL PLOT xx
1. The Devil in the pre-Shakespearian Drama xxii
2. Jonson’s Treatment of the Devil xxiii
3. The Influence of Robin Goodfellow
and of Popular Legend xxvi
4. Friar Rush and Dekker xxvii
5. The Novella of _Belfagor_ and the
Comedy of _Grim_ xxx
6. Summary xxxiv
7. The Figure of the Vice xxxiv
8. Jonson’s Use of the Vice xxxvii

II. THE SATIRICAL DRAMA xli
1. General Treatment of the Plot xli
2. Chief Sources of the Plot xlv
3. Prototypes of the leading Characters lii
4. Minor Sources liii

III. SPECIFIC OBJECTS OF SATIRE liv
1. The Duello liv
2. The Monopoly System lviii
3. Witchcraft lxii

IV. PERSONAL SATIRE lxv
Mrs. Fitzdottrel lxvi
Fitzdottrel lxx
Wittipol lxxi
Justice Eitherside lxxi
Merecraft lxxii
Plutarchus Guilthead lxxiii
The Noble House lxxiv

D. AFTER-INFLUENCE OF THE DEVIL IS AN ASS lxxiv

APPENDIX--EXTRACTS FROM THE CRITICS lxxvi

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NOTES 123

GLOSSARY 213

BIBILIOGRAPHY 237

INDEX 243