Jonson's Magic Houses : Essays in Interpretation
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0198183941
ISBN-13
9780198183945
Publisher
Oxford University Press
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Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 13th, 1997
Print length
252 Pages
Weight
424 grams
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22.50 x 14.50 x 1.90 cms
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Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Ben Jonson was commonly regarded during his lifetime as a writer whose powers were at least equal to those of Shakespeare. By the middle of the 18th century, however, his reputation had declined. This collection of essays aims to shed new light on Jonson's personality and creative achievements.
Ben Jonson was commonly regarded during his lifetime and the century following his death as a writer whose powers were equal, if not superior, to those of Shakespeare. By the middle of the eighteenth century, however, his reputation had sharply declined: while Shakespeare was increasingly venerated as a type of original genius, Jonson was contrastingly seen as a writer of patchy and derivative talents, excessively devoted to the authors of antiquity and to the social minutiae of his age, anxiously resentful of his great and ''gentle'' rival. This popular, formalized contrast of the two men''s characters and abilities profoundly affected the subsequent reputations of both Shakespeare and Jonson. In this new collection of biographical, critical and historical essays, Ian Donaldson challenges many long-held and recent assumptions about the nature of Jonson''s personality and creative achievement, offering fresh readings of his life and art.
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