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Poetaster: Ben Jonson
Paperback
Series: Revels Plays
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ISBN10: 0719016371
ISBN13: 9780719016370
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Published: Aug 15 1996
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.96 Width: 5.43 Depth: 8.46
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780719016370
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Published: Aug 15 1996
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.96 Width: 5.43 Depth: 8.46
Language: English
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.
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