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The women of Ben Jonson's poetry : female representations in the non-dramatic verse
- Title
- The women of Ben Jonson's poetry : female representations in the non-dramatic verse / Barbara Smith.
- Author
- Smith, Barbara, 1949 December 28-
- Publication
- Aldershot, England : Scolar Press ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Ashgate Pub. Co., ©1995.
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Details
- Description
- ix, 132 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Ben Jonson (1572-1637) is recognized as one of the major poets and dramatists of his time. Yet this is the first study to look specifically at the role of women in his poetry. Barbara Smith challenges previously held conceptions of Jonson as a misogynist who upheld the patronage system that allowed him to work. Through detailed examination of his poetic structures, the influence of the works of Juvenal, Martial and Horace, and Jonson's attitudes to his own female patrons, the Countess of Bedford and Lady Mary Wroth, The Women of Ben Jonson's Poetry demonstrates how seventeenth-century cultural values and ideas of gender are both supported and subverted in the poems. 'If we "survey Jonson in his works and know him there", we shall find the independence of spirit and originality that made him a rarity in his time and ours.'
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the Drue Heinz Book Fund For English Literature
- Subjects
- Authors and patrons
- Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
- Verse satire, English
- Verse satire, English > History and criticism
- Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 > Poetic works
- English poetry > Classical influences
- Praise in literature
- England
- Sex role in literature
- Laudatory poetry, English > History and criticism
- Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 > Characters > Women
- Criticism and interpretation
- 1600-1699
- Blame in literature
- Misogyny in literature
- Literary patrons > Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Authors and patrons > England > History > 17th century
- Women in literature
- History
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-125) and index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also issued online.
- Contents
- Ch. I. The Praiser. Subject/Object Identification. Author/Persona Relationship -- Ch. II. Motivation -- Ch. III. Patron's Lives. Lucy, Countess of Bedford. Lady Mary Wroth -- Ch. IV. Blame. Jonson and Juvenal. Jonson and Martial. Jonson and Horace. Satire and Women.
- Call Number
- JFE 95-17965
- ISBN
- 1859282288
- 9781859282281
- LCCN
- 95016716
- OCLC
- 32393425
- Author
- Smith, Barbara, 1949 December 28-
- Title
- The women of Ben Jonson's poetry : female representations in the non-dramatic verse / Barbara Smith.
- Imprint
- Aldershot, England : Scolar Press ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Ashgate Pub. Co., ©1995.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-125) and index.
- Additional Formats
- Also issued online.
- Chronological Term
- 1600-1699
- Other Form:
- Online version: Smith, Barbara, 1949 December 28- Women of Ben Jonson's poetry. Aldershot, England : Scolar Press ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Ashgate Pub. Co., ©1995 (OCoLC)603987894
- Research Call Number
- JFE 95-17965