Ben Jonson : poetry and architecture /
Although Ben Jonson's association with architecture is well known, comparatively little research has been devoted to the influence of architectural thinking on his literary work. This book sets out to explore the possibilities suggested by such an interrelationship.
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford [England] : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
1994.
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| Series: | Oxford English monographs.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Sources. 1. Jonson and the Vitruvian Aesthetic. 2. Jonson, Jones, and Vitruvian Romance. 3. Colonna and the Early Masques
- pt. 2. Architectonic Patterns in the Encomiastic Poetry. 4. Centred Form and the Poetry of Praise
- pt. 3. Vitruvianism and the Early Masques. 5. 'Those curious Squares, and Rounds': Number and Structure in the Masques. 1605-1608. 6. The Marriage Masques 1606-1608. 7. The Masque of Queens, 1609. 8. Structural Change in the Masque, 1610-1616
- APP. I: The Numerical Structuring of Jonson's Early Masques
- APP. II: Jonson, Jones, and the Temple of Solomon.