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Ben Jonson's Antimasques: A History of Growth and Decline

Ben Jonson's Antimasques: A History of Growth and Decline

Mickel, Lesley

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Revivals

Literary CriticismGeneral SociologyPlays

ISBN10: 1138610135
ISBN13: 9781138610132
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 1 2018
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

First published in 1999, this volume examines how under the patronage of James I and then Charles I, Ben Jonson wrote no less than 28 court masques. Paying particular attention to the antimasque, Lesley Mickel discusses in detail those court entertainments which contributed significantly to the genre's evolution and development. Her approach is innovative in that she examines these court entertainments in relation to Jonson's poetry and dramatic works. This reveals some idea of the way in which Jonson perceived the relationship between satire and panegyric, as well as highlighting the related, if oppositional, views of state power which he expresses in the Roman plays and in the masques.

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