Jonson, Horace and the classical tradition
By: Victoria Moul.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521117425
Subjects: Jonson, Ben, -- 1573?-1637 -- Criticism and interpretation; Jonson, Ben, -- 1573?-1637 -- Knowledge -- Rome; Jonson, Ben, -- 1573?-1637 -- Knowledge -- Latin Literature; Horace -- Influence; Classicism -- England -- History -- 17th century; English poetry -- Roman influences
Description: "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a Friend to Dinner' and 'To Penshurst' - as well as a new perspective on many lesser known pieces, and a range of unpublished manuscript material"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 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.