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Ben Jonson: Dramatist

By Anne Barton

Book information

Year
1984
ISBN
9780521258838, 9780511518836, 0521277485, 0521258839, 0511518838, 9780521277488
LCC
PR2638 .B28 1984
Open Library ID
OL3180572M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2386039 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
384\384
DPI
300
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Since the Romantic period, Jonson has been an author more respected than read. Frequently compared with Shakespeare, he usually suffers unfairly from the comparison. In this book Anne Barton gives a reading of the plays which completely re-evaluates Jonson as a dramatist. Describing in detail his experimentation with different comic styles and his changing relationship to other Elizabethan and Jacobean poets, particularly Shakespeare, she brings us closer than ever before to Jonson as a man, and as a great artist in comedy. The book proceeds chronologically, play by play, examining such important topics as Jonson's treatment of women, trust among individuals, father and son relationships, and proper names. Anne Barton argues that, despite his espousal of classical principles of decorum and restraint, Jonson was always drawn temperamentally towards the irregular, romantic Elizabethan tradition.

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