
Ben Jonson
Dramatist
Anne Barton(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 12. July 1984
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-521-25883-8 (ISBN)
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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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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-25883-8 (9780521258838)
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Content
Preface; Abbreviations and chronology of plays; 1. Jonson and the Elizabethans; 2. The Case Is Altered and Every Man In His Humour; 3. The comical satires; 4. Sejanus and Volpone; 5. Epicoene; 6. The Alchemist; 7. Catiline; 8. Names: the chapter interloping; 9. Bartholomew Fair; 10. The Devil Is An Ass; 11. The Staple of News and Eastward Ho!; 12. The New Inn; 13. The Magnetic Lady; 14. Harking back to Elizabeth: Jonson and Caroline nostalgia; 15. A Tale of A Tub; 16. The Sad Shepard; Notes; Index.