The compassionate satirist: Ben Jonson and his imperfect world / [by] J. A. Bryant, Jr.

Bryant, J. A. (1919-1999)

1972, First Edition. Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #407522
ISBN: 082030316X

Physical description: ix, 195 p. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Acknowledgments -- Chapter one" The Scope of the inquiry -- Chapter two: Comical satire -- The Playwright in the play -- Chapter three: Volpone -- "Salt" for the creative talent -- Chapter four: The Crisis -- Epicene and the Alchemist -- Chapter five: Bartholomew fair -- The Metamorphosis of Quarlous -- Chapter six: Epilogue: Tale of a tub -- Notes -- Index. Subjects: Jonson, Ben 1573?-1637 Criticism and interpretation; Jonson, Ben 1573?-1637; Satire, English History and criticism; Sympathy in literature.

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