Lesley Mickel

Ben Jonson's Antimasques

A History of Growth and Decline

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1999, this volume examines in detail those court entertainments which contributed significantly to the masques' evolution and development in relation to Jonson's poetry and dramatic works, revealing some idea of the way in which Jonson perceived the relationship between satire and panegyric, as well as highlighting the related, if oppositional, views of state power which he expresses in the Roman plays and in the masques.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781138610156
• ISBN-10: 1138610151
• Artikelnr.: 66532557

Autorenporträt

Lesley Mickel

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. 2. 'Free from servile flattery': Panegyric and the
Formation of the Antimasque. 3. Arthur and Augustus: masque and the
historical myth. 4. Present Occasions and Removed Mysteries: the Topicality
of the Antimasque. 5. Jonson's Consuming Satire and the Carnivalesque
Antimasque. 6. Heavenly Love and the Collapse of the Court Masque. 7.
Postscript.