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Author Moul, Victoria, 1980-

Title Jonson, Horace and the classical tradition / Victoria Moul.

Publication Info. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 248 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "The influence of the Roman poet Horace on Ben Jonson has often been acknowledged, but never fully explored. Discussing Jonson's Horatianism in detail, this study also places Jonson's densely intertextual relationship with Horace's Latin text within the broader context of his complex negotiations with a range of other 'rivals' to the Horatian model including Pindar, Seneca, Juvenal and Martial. The new reading of Jonson's classicism that emerges is one founded not upon static imitation, but rather a lively dialogue between competing models - an allusive mode that extends into the seventeenth-century reception of Jonson himself as a latter-day 'Horace'. In the course of this analysis, the book provides fresh readings of many of Jonson's best known poems - including 'Inviting a Friend to Dinner' and 'To Penshurst' - as well as a new perspective on many lesser known pieces, and a range of unpublished manuscript material"--Provided by publisher.
Contents Machine generated contents note: Introduction: imitation, allusion, translation: reading Jonson's Horace; 1. Jonson's Odes: Horatian lyric presence and the dialogue with Pindar; 2. Horatian libertas in Jonson's epigrams and epistles; 3. Competing voices in Jonson's verse satires: Horace and Juvenal; 4. Poetaster: classical translation and cultural authority; 5. Translating Horace, translating Jonson; Conclusion: More Remov'd Mysteries: Jonson's textual 'occasions'; Appendix: Manuscript transcriptions.
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Subject Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
Criticism and interpretation.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 -- Knowledge and learning.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 -- Knowledge and learning -- Latin Literature.
Latin literature.
Horace -- Influence.
Horace.
Classicism -- England -- History -- 17th century.
Classicism.
England.
History.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject English poetry -- Roman influences.
English poetry -- Roman influences.
Chronological Term 1600-1699
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Moul, Victoria, 1980- Jonson, Horace and the classical tradition. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521117425 (DLC) 2010001505 (OCoLC)501404174
ISBN 9780511712692 (electronic book)
0511712693 (electronic book)
9780521117425 (hardback)
9780511714771