Ben Jonson
A Life
Published on 11. April 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
562 pages
978-0-19-969747-2 (ISBN)
Description
Ben Jonson was the greatest of Shakespeare's contemporaries. In the century following his death he was seen by many as the finest of all English writers, living or dead. His fame rested not only on the numerous plays he had written for the theatre, but on his achievements over three decades as principal masque-writer to the early Stuart court, where he had worked in creative, and often stormy, collaboration with Inigo Jones. One of the most accomplished poets of
the age, he had
the age, he had
Reviews / Votes
Writing in a beautifully calibrated style, Donaldson brings Jonson to eloquent, rumbustious life. An especially impressive feature of the book is the way he positions him in the shifting world in which he lived. * James Morwood * Donaldson's style is energetic and good-humoured, containing amusing Jonson-related anecdotes, but the book is also carefully historicized. * Erin Julian, Early Theatre *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
8pp plate section and in-text illustrations throughout
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
856 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-969747-2 (9780199697472)
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Book
10/2011
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Person
Ian Donaldson is a General Editor, with David Bevington and Martin Butler, of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson (Print Edition, 7 volumes, 2011; Electronic Edition, 2012). His previous OUP books include The World Upside-Down: Comedy From Jonson to Fielding (1970), Ben Jonson: Selected Works (Oxford Authors, 1985), Jonson's Magic Houses: Essays in Interpretation (OUP, 1997). He has taught at the Universities of Oxford
(tutorial Fellow in English at Wadham College, 1962-9), Edinburgh (Regius Professor of English, 1991-5), and Cambridge (Fellow of King's College, 1995-2005, and Grace 1 Professor of English, 1995-2001), and at the Australian National University, Canberra (Professor of English, 1969-91). He was founding Director of the ANU's Humanities
Research Centre (1974-90, 2004-7) and of Cambridge University's Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH, 2001-3).
(tutorial Fellow in English at Wadham College, 1962-9), Edinburgh (Regius Professor of English, 1991-5), and Cambridge (Fellow of King's College, 1995-2005, and Grace 1 Professor of English, 1995-2001), and at the Australian National University, Canberra (Professor of English, 1969-91). He was founding Director of the ANU's Humanities
Research Centre (1974-90, 2004-7) and of Cambridge University's Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH, 2001-3).
Content
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; NOTE ON TEXTS AND DATING; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS