1st Edition
Ben Jonson's Antimasques A History of Growth and Decline
By Lesley Mickel
Copyright 1999
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1999, this volume examines how under the patronage of James I and then Charles I, Ben Jonson wrote no less than 28 court masques. Paying particular attention to the antimasque, Lesley Mickel discusses in detail those court entertainments which contributed significantly to the genre’s evolution and development. Her approach is innovative in that she examines these court... Read more
1. Introduction. 2. ‘Free from servile flattery’: Panegyric and the Formation of the Antimasque. 3. Arthur and Augustus: masque and the historical myth. 4. Present Occasions and Removed Mysteries: the Topicality of the Antimasque. 5. Jonson’s Consuming Satire and the Carnivalesque Antimasque. 6. Heavenly Love and the Collapse of the Court Masque. 7. Postscript.
Biography
Lesley Mickel
