Ben Jonson: The Complete Masques by Stephen Orgel, Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson: The Complete Masques

Stephen Orgel, Ben Jonson

576 pages first pub 1969 (editions)

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The Renaissance court masque, traditionally an entertainment of music, dancing, pageantry, and spectacular scenic effects, was transformed by Ben Jonson into a serious mode of literary expression. By using its peculiar viability as a forum for his...

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