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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Authoritative, indeed!
This volume claims to have the authoritative texts of poems by Ben Jonson and his followers (including Richard Corbett, Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Thomas Randolph, and Edmund Waller, among others). This claim is certainly a fair one. Also incuded are wonderful, relevant critical essays, some of them modern, some written by Jonson and his contemporaries. The essays and...
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2.0 out of 5 stars Without a clue
I have now, twice ordered this book described as a "hard-Back" book.
The first from a recommended vendor, and the second a vendor "fulfilled" by Amazon.
Both books are paperbacks (Not Hard-Back). The first book was totally dog-eared and quite dirty. The second book is well less than what I would describe as "Good" but will meet my needs.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Authoritative, indeed!, August 4, 2001
This volume claims to have the authoritative texts of poems by Ben Jonson and his followers (including Richard Corbett, Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Thomas Randolph, and Edmund Waller, among others). This claim is certainly a fair one. Also incuded are wonderful, relevant critical essays, some of them modern, some written by Jonson and his contemporaries. The essays and the variety of poets give this edition a feeling of completness; it is very good to have one poet's work right next to the responses of other poets to said work.

The poetry itself, of course, is wonderful. During their lives, Jonson's work was thought to rival that of Shakespeare. These comparaisons are perhaps eaiser to understand when reading Jonson's still-easily-accessible poetry than when reading his plays.

This volume is essential to any reader of Jonson.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Without a clue, November 3, 2010
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This review is from: Ben Jonson and the Cavalier Poets (A Norton Critical Edition) (Hardcover)
I have now, twice ordered this book described as a "hard-Back" book.
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Both books are paperbacks (Not Hard-Back). The first book was totally dog-eared and quite dirty. The second book is well less than what I would describe as "Good" but will meet my needs.
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