Imitation and Praise in the Poems of Ben Jonson [Hardcover]

Richard S. Peterson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 10, 1981

In the first edition of this now-classic text, Richard Peterson offered an important revaluation of the poetry of Ben Jonson and a new appreciation of the way in which the classical doctrine of imitation - the creative use of the thoughts and words of predecessors - permeates and shapes Jonson's critical ideas and his work as a whole. The publication of the original book in 1981 led to a reinterpretation of the poems and a coherent view of Jonson's philosophy; the resulting portrait of Johnson served as a corrective to earlier views based primarily on the satiric poems and plays. This second edition of "Imitation and Praise in the Poems of Ben Jonson" makes Peterson's important scholarship available to a new generation of scholars and students.

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About the Author

Richard S. Peterson is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. He specializes in the literature of Rome and Renaissance France and England. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: Yale University Press (September 10, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0300025866
• ISBN-13: 978-0300025866
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,418,283 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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