Browsing by Subject "Ben Jonson"
Now showing items 1-2 of 2
-
All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter: Plainness and Eloquence in Jonson, Donne, and Herbert
(2011-09-06)This thesis traces a stylistic development from the dichotomy of plainness and eloquence in Elizabethan style, through the stylistic innovations of Ben Jonson and John Donne to the ultimate synthesis of the two styles ... -
Jonson's and Shakespeare's "Comedy of Affliction"
(2011-09-06)This dissertation explores the relevance of recent studies of Aristotle’s comic theory to the central dramatists of early modern England, Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare. Applications of the Poetics to Renaissance English ...