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Ben Jonson

His Vision and His Art

Alexander Leggatt author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:25th Sep '18

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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.

ISBN: 9781138235359

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

314 pages