comptes rendus 123 of plague and social unrest. The statement that the brothels of Southwark were "owned" by a former lord mayor in the fourteenth century and under government regulation until 1506 (32) seems a casual distortion of a more complex situation (the prostitutes of Bankside were not called the "bishop of Winchester's geese" for no reason).Yet, despite some imprecision and flaws in interpretation, Bayer's goal to redress the balance in perception of suburban theatres is welcome. Not only the stimulus for disorder and subversion as represented by E.K. Chambers, Stephen Mullaney and others-though sometimes they undoubtedly were-the early modern theatres of London also became important social institutions contributing to local economy, popular education, welfare, and community cohesion as well as entertainment in a period of religious turmoil, recurring plague, and dramatic population growth.It is a compliment to Bayer's work that the reader emerges with a clear sense that more work with a similar focus on social networks in a geographic context would be welcome for other early theatres in Middlesex and Southwark. His book is therefore the first, but not the last word on the theatres, communities, and civic engagement in early modern London and its suburbs.sally-beth maclean, Records of Early English Drama Bayle, Ariane.
Romans à l' encan. De l' art du boniment dans la littérature au XVI e siècle.Genève: Droz, 2009. 465 p. ISBN 978-2-600-01266-9 (relié) 149 $ Ariane Bayle s' attache, dans une perspective comparatiste, à une réalité attachante du XVI e siècle pour le lecteur moderne qui chérit Panurge -le rusé, « un homme qui se mesle de tout faire, un factotum, un homme qui a esté de tous mestiers » pour reprendre la définition du dictionnaire de Robert Estienne (1549). Il s' agit de l' art du boniment, l' art de la « charlaterie », si l' on voulait donner un synonyme du temps à ce terme anachronique de « boniment » qu' emploie la critique rabelaisienne moderne et que reprend, avec discernement toutefois, Ariane Bayle ; mais « boniment » a l' avantage de ne pas offrir qu'une connotation négative et de rendre compte, à côté de la tromperie, du plaisir de
