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Contains poetry Ben Jonson, one of the greatest English playwrights of the 17th century and also a lyric poet. The poems included are: "Epigrams", "The Forest and Underwoods", "On My First Son", "Song to Celia", "On Poet-Ape", and "An Ode to Himself". They offer a celebration of both one man's life,...

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Product ID:9780140422771
Product Form:Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:GB
Title:The Complete Poems
Authors:Author: Ben Jonson, Dr George Parfitt
Page Count:640
Subjects:Poetry by individual poets, Poetry by individual poets
Description:Contains poetry Ben Jonson, one of the greatest English playwrights of the 17th century and also a lyric poet. The poems included are: "Epigrams", "The Forest and Underwoods", "On My First Son", "Song to Celia", "On Poet-Ape", and "An Ode to Himself". They offer a celebration of both one man's life, and of an age.
His adoption of classical ideals was combined with a vigorous interest in contemporary life and a strong faith in native idiom. Within the urbane elegance of his verse forms he contrived a directness and energy of statement clearly related to colloquial speech, and this characteristic fusion of restraint and vitality gave to the seventeenth-century lyric its most distinctive quality. As well as the entire body of Jonson''s non-dramatic verse, extensively annotated, this edition contains many of the songs from his plays and masques and his translation of ''Horace, of the Art of Poetry''. His ''Conversations with Drummond'', which adds much to our sense of the man, appears as an Appendix, as does ''Discoveries''; together they shed valuable light on Jonson''s poetic theory and practice.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Imprint Name:Penguin Classics
Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:GB
Publishing Date:1981-05-28