The Cambridge companion to Ben Jonson /
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 becam...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge [England] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Cambridge companions to literature.
Cambridge companions to culture. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Table of contents http://cco.cambridge.org/login2?dest=%252Fbook%253Fid%253Dccol0521641136_CCOL0521641136 Publisher description |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | xvi, 218 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-209) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521641136 9780521641135 0521646782 9780521646789 9781139000154 1139000152 |