17th Century
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art and society in seventeenth-century England
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Bartholomew Fair
Ben Jonson
Cary Morison Ode
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cultural theory
Cynthia's Revels
Cynthia’s Revels
Dame Purecraft
Drama
early modern drama
English Renaissance literature
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Good Life
Haddington Masque
Jonson's Art
Jonson's Late Plays
Jonson's View
Jonson's Work
Jonson’s Art
Jonson’s Late Plays
Jonson’s View
Jonson’s Work
Lady Aubigny
Lady Frampul
literary criticism
Lovewit's House
Lovewit’s House
Magnetic Lady
Marlowes Mighty Line
Masque Audience
Masques
Pennyboy Junior
Plays
Poems
poetic identity
Prince Henry's Barriers
Prince Henry’s Barriers
Renaissance
Single Minded Vision
Sir Edward Sackville
Sir Henry Goodyere
Sir Robert Wroth
Ungathered Verse
Virgil's Reading
Virgil’s Reading
virtue ethics
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781138235359
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 25 Sep 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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While most critical writing on Jonson concentrates on the plays, poems or masques seen in isolation, this title, first published in 1981, ranges across the genres to explore Jonson’s vision as a whole. The author points to the inner connections that make of the rich variety of Jonson’s writing a single coherent body of work. We see Jonson exploring the relations between culture and society, the difficulties of ideal virtue in a far from ideal world, and above all the problems of art itself. Combining a wide-ranging discussion of Jonson’s interests with a detailed examination of his major works, this book provides a balanced critical introduction to one of the most complex and fascinating figures in English Literature.
