Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 218 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781139000154
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to literature
Content:
Ben Jonson is, in many ways, the figure of greatest centrality to literary study of the Elizabethan and Jacobean period. He wrote in virtually every literary genre: in drama, comedy, tragedy and masque; in poetry, epigram, epistle and lyric; in prose, literary criticism and English grammar. He became the most visible poet of his age, honored more than even William Shakespeare, and his dramatic works, in particular his major comedies, continue to be performed today. This Companion brings together leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic to provide an accessible and up-to-date introduction to Jonson's life and works. It represents an invaluable guide to current critical perspectives, providing generous coverage not only of his plays but also his non-dramatic works. The volume is informed by the latest development in Jonson scholarship and will therefore appeal to scholars and teachers as well as newcomers to his work
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015)
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True relation: the life and career of Ben Jonson
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Jonson's London and its theatres
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Jonson and the court
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Ben Jonson and learning
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Jonson's satiric styles
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The major comedies
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Jonson's late plays
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Jonson and Shakespeare and the rhythm of verse
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Jonson's poetry
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Jonson and the arts
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Ben Jonson's folio of 1616
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Jonson's classicism
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Jonson's criticism
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Jonson's critical heritage
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521641135
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521646789
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521641135
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CCOL0521641136