| Epigrams and the Forest Contributor(s): Jonson, Ben (Author), Dutton, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1857547055 ISBN-13: 9781857547054 Publisher: Carcanet Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: This collection of poems demonstrates Jonson's polished urbanity, direct expression, and classicism, and reveals why these traits have been especially valued in modern times. Carefully structured poem sequences display Jonson's command of poetic form and involve the reader in evaluating a range of shifting perspectives. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.3 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.36" W x 8.46" (0.43 lbs) 124 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ben Jonson is overshadowed as a dramatist by Shakespeare, his great contemporary. As a poet, however, he stands high. His polished urbanity, direct expression and classicism have been especially valued in modern times. T.S. Eliot says Jonson incorporated his erudition into his sensibility, creatively assimilating Horace, Martial and Juvenal into his poetry and hence into English literature. Richard Dutton's introduction illuminates the structure and context of Jonson's Epigrams and The Forest. Dutton shows them to be carefully structured poem sequences that display Jonson's command of poetic forms and involve the reader in evaluating a range of shifting perspectives. Jonson's recurrent theme, the nature of truth and virtue, is as pertinent to day as it was in his own time. |