Poetaster: Ben Jonson by Cain, Tom

Poetaster: Ben Jonson (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780719016370)

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Poetaster: Ben Jonson by Cain, Tom

Poetaster: Ben Jonson

$21.95
Poetaster: Ben Jonson by Cain, Tom

Poetaster: Ben Jonson

$21.95
Format: Paperback
Description
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Set in Ancient Rome, "Poetaster" offers one of the first and most subtle statements in English of the Augustan cultural ideal. Jonson contrasts Augustus' wise rule with an English polity dominated (like the stage) by malice, intrigue and envy. This text examines these different strands so skilfully interwoven by Jonson, and argues for a reassessment of "Poetaster" as one of the most ideologically interesting of all early modern plays. The accompanying explanatory notes guide the reader through the personal and political illusions which gave the play its immediate satirical impact.

Author: Tom Cain
ISBN-10: 0719016371
ISBN-13: 9780719016370
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/15/1996
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.43w x 0.96d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/15/1996 pg. 94
By Tom Cain
By Tom Cain
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Tom Cain is Professor of Early Modern Literature at the University of East Anglia

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