Ben Jonson is, in many ways, the figure of greatest centrality to literary study of the Elizabethan and Jacobean period. He wrote in virtually every literary genre: in drama, comedy, tragedy and masque; in poetry, epigram, epistle and lyric; in prose, literary criticism and English grammar. He became the most visible poet of his age, honored more than even William Shakespeare, and his dramatic works, in particular his major comedies, continue to be performed today. This Companion brings together leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic to provide an accessible and up-to-date introduction to Jonson's life and works. It represents an invaluable guide to current critical perspectives, providing generous coverage not only of his plays but also his non-dramatic works. The volume is informed by the latest development in Jonson scholarship and will therefore appeal to scholars and teachers as well as newcomers to his work.
The Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson - Edited by Richard Harp and Stanley Stewart
Ben Jonson
Cambridge University Press
2000
238 páginas
7h 56m
ISBN-13: 9780521646789
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Benjamin Jonson
Ator, jornalista e poeta britânico muito influente e fértil, de fundamental importância para a renovação do teatro na primeira metade do século XVII. Suas peças eram tão populares em sua época quanto as do próprio William Shakespeare (1564-1616), seu rival contemporâneo e conterrâneo. Mestre do diálogo e do perfeito delineamento de personagens, manejava enredos muito bem construídos e defendia que o teatro era para divertir e instruir. Sua fórmula de comédia de costumes, que tinha por base uma curiosa teoria dos humores, continuou a exercer profunda influência na dramaturgia européia por mais de dois séculos seguintes. Suas obras mais famosas foram Volpone (1606), Epicoene (1609) e The Alchemist (1610).
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