| Description |
xiv, 303 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
A mere empiric -- Beginning his studies in this kind -- To speak the vice -- Sung high and aloof -- Royal and magnificent entertainment -- Quick comedy refined -- To come forth worth the ivy, or the bays -- The poet -- All thy figures are allowed -- Shows! shows! mighty shows! -- He prays you'll not prejudge his play for ill -- Near the close or shutting up of his circle |
| Summary |
Though he is one of the undisputed giants of English literature, Ben Jonson is known to most people only as the author of one or two masterly plays which regularly appear in the drama repertory. He is much less well-known for his whole oeuvre, which encompasses poetry, criticism, masque-making, and a lfetime of linguistic and lexicographical study. In this new book, Rosalind Miles, author of the widely acclaimed Ben Jonson: His Life and Work, presents a comprehensive critical study of the whole of Jonson's output from his earliest beginnings through to the final achievement. Looking at every word he ever wrote, in drama, masque, poetry, philosophy and literary criticism, she reveals a far more interesting and more varied picture of Jonson than we are accustomed to--not the accomplished artist so much as the struggling craftsman |
| Analysis |
England |
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English drama History |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-297) and index |
| Subject |
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
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| LC no. |
90008311 90001090 |
| ISBN |
0389209449 |
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