Poetaster
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Poetaster
（The revels plays）
Manchester University Press , Distributed in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, c1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Set in Ancient Rome, "Poetaster" offers one of the first and most subtle statements in English of the Augustan cultural ideal. Jonson contrasts Augustus' wise rule with an English polity dominated (like the satge) by malice, intrigue and envy. This text examines these different strands so skilfully interwoven by Jonson, and argues for a reassessment of "Poetaster" as one of the most ideologically interesting of all early modern plays. The accompanying explanatory notes guide the reader through the personal and political illusions which gave the play its immediate satirical impact.
Table of Contents
- The play - date and context
- "Poetaster" or "The arraignment".
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