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

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

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: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [1992]
Subjects:
Jonson, Ben, > 1573?-1637 > Poetic works.
Laudatory poetry, English > History and criticism.
Nobility of character in literature.
English poetry > Roman influences.
Aristocracy (Social class) in literature.
Ethics in literature.
Humanists > England.
England > Intellectual life > 17th century.

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Call Number: PR2642.P63 M38 1992
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