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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... serious without being grim . Moreover , for all his didacticism , Jonson himself sometimes seems ambivalent in his own judgments , often investing his comedies with an energy that may be subversive of the very values they ostensibly ...
... serious without being grim . Moreover , for all his didacticism , Jonson himself sometimes seems ambivalent in his own judgments , often investing his comedies with an energy that may be subversive of the very values they ostensibly ...
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... serious point , But he might breathe his spirit out of him . ( 5.1.118-23 ) With Vergil as judge and Caesar as supporting authority , Horace arraigns greater and lesser enemies of poetry . Among the lesser malefac- tors is the " play ...
... serious point , But he might breathe his spirit out of him . ( 5.1.118-23 ) With Vergil as judge and Caesar as supporting authority , Horace arraigns greater and lesser enemies of poetry . Among the lesser malefac- tors is the " play ...
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... serious conse- quences for themselves , but it is of little danger to society as a whole . Four other characters are in positions where their foolishness can affect the lives of others , however , and the fair provokes the public ...
... serious conse- quences for themselves , but it is of little danger to society as a whole . Four other characters are in positions where their foolishness can affect the lives of others , however , and the fair provokes the public ...
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