Ben Jonson RevisedTwayne Publishers, 1999 - 293 من الصفحات The essays here, selected with that in mind, offer detailed readings of all the major plays, Sejanus, Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist and Bartholomew Fair as well as the poems and later plays only recently recovered as genuinely engaging pieces for the stage. Collectively they demonstrate why interest in Jonson is higher today than at any time since his death."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... poet : natural wit , exercise , imitation , study , and art . By natural wit , Jonson meant genius or poetical rapture , an ability " by nature , and instinct , to powre out the Treasure of his minde " ( lines 2412-13 ) . True poets ...
... poet : natural wit , exercise , imitation , study , and art . By natural wit , Jonson meant genius or poetical rapture , an ability " by nature , and instinct , to powre out the Treasure of his minde " ( lines 2412-13 ) . True poets ...
الصفحة 160
... poet embraces the conventional religious claims of the Stuart monarchy . Jon- son's royalism is not an isolated or opportunistic political attitude ; it reflects a deep - seated philosophical commitment . This commitment is expressed ...
... poet embraces the conventional religious claims of the Stuart monarchy . Jon- son's royalism is not an isolated or opportunistic political attitude ; it reflects a deep - seated philosophical commitment . This commitment is expressed ...
الصفحة 217
... poet complains , " If the Chequer be emptie , so will be his Head " ( U. 57 , line 28 ) . The best of these begging verses is " To the Right Honourable , the Lord high Treasurer of England . An Epistle Mendicant " ( U. 71 ) , where the poet ...
... poet complains , " If the Chequer be emptie , so will be his Head " ( U. 57 , line 28 ) . The best of these begging verses is " To the Right Honourable , the Lord high Treasurer of England . An Epistle Mendicant " ( U. 71 ) , where the poet ...
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