A Guide to English Literature, Volume 3Cassell, 1964 |
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Page 123
... Jonson as a dramatist in recent years has perhaps led to an undue neglect of his non - dramatic poetry . There has also been a fashionable interest in John Donne and the Meta- physical poets , which has not always recognized that Ben Jonson ...
... Jonson as a dramatist in recent years has perhaps led to an undue neglect of his non - dramatic poetry . There has also been a fashionable interest in John Donne and the Meta- physical poets , which has not always recognized that Ben Jonson ...
Page 124
... Jonson himself is praised as one who makes smooth and plain the way of knowledge for others . Jonson , however , did not rely solely on the Mermaid for his company . With John Donne ( whom he considered ' the first poet in the world in ...
... Jonson himself is praised as one who makes smooth and plain the way of knowledge for others . Jonson , however , did not rely solely on the Mermaid for his company . With John Donne ( whom he considered ' the first poet in the world in ...
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... Jonson from a poet such as Campian , and are a proof of his greatness . Because of the restraint imposed by Jonson's sense of form , these transitions are always easy and graceful . There is none of that deliber- ate shock of contrast ...
... Jonson from a poet such as Campian , and are a proof of his greatness . Because of the restraint imposed by Jonson's sense of form , these transitions are always easy and graceful . There is none of that deliber- ate shock of contrast ...
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