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Ben Jonson and the Roman Frame of Mind.

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Katharine Maus explores the biographical reasons for Jonson's preference for particular Latin authors; the effects of Roman moral and psychological paradigms on his methods of characterization and generic choices; the connection between his critical theory and artistic practice; and the impact...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Maus, Katharine Eisaman
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
Jonson, Ben, > 1573?-1637 > Knowledge > Rome.
Jonson, Ben, > 1573?-1637 > Knowledge > Literature.
Classicism > England > History > 17th century.
English literature > Roman influences.
Neoclassicism (Literature)
Latin literature > Appreciation > England.
Comparative literature > English and Latin.
Comparative literature > Latin and English.
Jonson, Ben, > 1573?-1637.
Literature.
Classicism.
Latin literature > Appreciation.
England.
Rome (Empire)
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Jonson's classics
  • Virtue and vice: Characterization in the early plays
  • Profit, delight, and imitation: Theory and practice in the middle comedies
  • Roman moral psychology and Jonson's dramatic forms
  • Jonson and the Roman social ethos
  • The late Jonson.

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