Introduction: Jonson's classics -- Virtue and vice: Characterization in the early plays -- Profit, delight, and imitation: Theory and practice in the middle comedies -- Roman moral psychology and Jonson's dramatic forms -- Jonson and the Roman social ethos -- The late Jonson
Summary
Katharine Maus explores the biographical reasons for Jonson's preference for particular Latin authors; the effects of Roman moral and psychological paradigms on his methods of characterization and generic choices; the connection between his critical theory and artistic practice; and the impact of Roman social theory on his portrayal of communities and on his peculiar relationship with his audiences. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguis
