Jonsonian discriminations : the humanist poet and the praise of true nobility /

At the heart of all Ben Jonson's nondramatic poetry, argues Michael McCanles, lies the concept of true nobility. Jonson sought to transform the inherited aristocracy of England into an aristocracy of humanist virtue in which he could claim a place through his achievement of true nobility by the...

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Main Author: McCanles, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1992.
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