1st Edition
Imitation and Contamination of the Classics in the Comedies of Ben Jonson Guides Not Commanders
By Tom Harrison
Copyright 2023
272 Pages
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Routledge
272 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book focuses on the influence of classical authors on Ben Jonson’s dramaturgy, with particular emphasis on the Greek and Roman playwrights and satirists. It illuminates the interdependence of the aspects of Jonson’s creative personality by considering how classical performance elements, including the Aristophanic ‘Great Idea,’ chorus, Terentian/Plautine performative strategies, and... Read more
Acknowledgements
References, Translations, and Abbreviations
Introduction: Altered Casrs
Chapter 1. Worlds Out of Words: Jonsonian and Aristophanic Cloudcuckoolands
Chapter 2. Hermaphroditical Authority: Epicene and The Aristophanic Chorus
Chapter 3. Mirror Stages: Satire from Every Man Out of His Humour to Volpone
Chapter 4. Servants with No Master: Broken Theatregrams in Every Man In His Humour and The Devil Is an Ass
Conclusion: The Unclosed Circle
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Tom Harrison is a Lecturer in Early Modern Literature at Queen’s University Belfast.
