Poetaster: Ben Jonson by Tom Cain

Poetaster: Ben Jonson

Revels Plays

Tom Cain

304 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction poetry slow-paced
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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. Thi...

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