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The Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson

Stanley Stewart editor Richard Harp editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

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An accessible, up-to-date introduction to the life and works of poet and dramatist Ben Jonson.

Leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic provide an accessible, up-to-date introduction to the life and works of Ben Jonson. The volume is an invaluable guide to current critical perspectives, focusing not only on Jonson's achievement as a dramatist but also as a poet and literary critic.Ben Jonson is, in many ways, the figure of greatest centrality to literary study of the Elizabethan and Jacobean period. He wrote in virtually every literary genre: in drama, comedy, tragedy and masque; in poetry, epigram, epistle and lyric; in prose, literary criticism and English grammar. He became the most visible poet of his age, honored more than even William Shakespeare, and his dramatic works, in particular his major comedies, continue to be performed today. This Companion brings together leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic to provide an accessible and up-to-date introduction to Jonson's life and works. It represents an invaluable guide to current critical perspectives, providing generous coverage not only of his plays but also his non-dramatic works. The volume is informed by the latest development in Jonson scholarship and will therefore appeal to scholars and teachers as well as newcomers to his work.

'This well-balanced and enthusiastic collection of essays assembles a distinguished gaggle of critics, and delivers a thorough, reasonable introduction to the first Englishman to earn his living as a writer.' Plays International

ISBN: 9780521641135

Dimensions: 237mm x 157mm x 23mm

Weight: 500g

236 pages