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Richard Dutton’s introduction illuminates the structure and context of Jonson’s “Epigrams” and “The Forest”. Dutton shows them to be carefully structured poem sequences that display Jonson’s command of poetic forms and involve the reader in evaluating a range of shifting perspectives.
Epigrams and the Forest
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121 pages
- Release Date
23 April 2003
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Summary
Ben Jonson is overshadowed as a dramatist by Shakespeare, his great contemporary. As a poet, however, he stands high. His polished urbanity, direct expression and classicism have been especially valued in modern times. T.S. Eliot says Jonson “incorporated his erudition into his sensibility”, creatively assimilating Horace, Martial and Juvenal into his poetry and hence into English literature. Richard Dutton’s introduction illuminates the structure and context of Jonson’s “Epigrams” and “The F…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857547054 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1857547055 |
| Author: | Ben Jonson |
| Publisher: | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Fyfield Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 121 |
| Release Date: | 23 April 2003 |
| Weight: | 195g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 136mm x 215mm |
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Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet, and actor. He is the author of The Alchemist and Volpone.
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