Ben Jonson by Ian Donaldson

Ben Jonson by Ian Donaldson

Ben Jonson was the greatest of Shakespeare's contemporaries. In the century following his death he was seen by many as the finest of all English writers, living or dead. His fame rested not only on the numerous plays he had written for the theatre, but on his achievements over three decades as principal masque-writer to the early Stuart court, where he had worked in creative, and often stormy, collaboration with Inigo Jones. One of the most accomplished poets of the age, he had

Writing in a beautifully calibrated style, Donaldson brings Jonson to eloquent, rumbustious lifeAn especially impressive feature of the book is the way he positions him in the shifting world in which he lived. * James Morwood *
Donaldson's style is energetic and good-humoured, containing amusing Jonson-related anecdotes, but the book is also carefully historicized. * Erin Julian, Early Theatre *

Ian Donaldson is a General Editor, with David Bevington and Martin Butler, of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson (Print Edition, 7 volumes, 2011; Electronic Edition, 2012). His previous OUP books include The World Upside-Down: Comedy From Jonson to Fielding (1970), Ben Jonson: Selected Works (Oxford Authors, 1985), Jonson's Magic Houses: Essays in Interpretation (OUP, 1997). He has taught at the Universities of Oxford (tutorial Fellow in English at Wadham College, 1962-9), Edinburgh (Regius Professor of English, 1991-5), and Cambridge (Fellow of King's College, 1995-2005, and Grace 1 Professor of English, 1995-2001), and at the Australian National University, Canberra (Professor of English, 1969-91). He was founding Director of the ANU's Humanities Research Centre (1974-90, 2004-7) and of Cambridge University's Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH, 2001-3).

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ISBN 13	9780199697472
ISBN 10	0199697477
Title	Ben Jonson
Author	Ian Donaldson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2013-04-11
Number of pages	562
Prizes	Winner of SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2012 Shortlisted for the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction 2013.
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