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BEN JONSON
A LIFE |
| By: |
Ian Donaldson |
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Paperback |
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199697477 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199697472 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
11 April, 2013 |
| Pages: |
560 |
| Description: |
Soldier, satirist, duellist, principal masque-writer to the early Stuart court, tutor to the son of Sir Walter Ralegh, and Shakespeare's greatest contemporary, Ben Jonson was a complex and volatile character. Ian Donaldson's new biography draws on freshly discovered writings by and about Jonson to provide a vivid depiction of his remarkable life. |
| Synopsis: |
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 |
| Illustrations: |
8pp plate section and in-text illustrations throughout |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2012 |
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