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Ben Jonson : a literary life/
A biography of Jonson's career and an introduction to his works in the context of Jacobean politics, court patronage and literary rivalry. It explores the means by which he strived to maintain his literary independence, and introduces evidence that he plagiarized other's work.
| Format: | Printed Book |
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| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke:
Macmillan,
1995.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Fathers
- 2. The Actor-Playwright
- 3. The Emerging Classicist
- 4. Comical Satire and the War of the Theatres
- 5. Matters of State
- 6. Learned Inventions
- 7. Jonson and London Life
- 8. The Poet and His Patrons
- 9. The King's Poet
- 10. The Beleaguered Muse
- Epilogue: Sons.