| Ben Jonson: A Literary Life 1995 Edition Contributor(s): Kay, W. David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333464478 ISBN-13: 9780333464472 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Drama - Biography & Autobiography - Literary Criticism | Modern - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Literary Lives |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.71 lbs) 237 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This concise biography surveys Jonson's career and provides an introduction to his works in the context of Jacobean politics, court patronage and his many literary rivalries. Stressing his wit and inventiveness, it explores the strategies by which he attempted to maintain his independence from the conditions of theatrical production and from his patrons and introduces new evidence that, despite his vaunted classicism, he repeatedly appropriated the matter or forms of other English writers in order to demonstrate his own artistic superiority. |