{"product_id":"a-celebration-of-ben-jonson-9780802062840","title":"A Celebration of Ben Jonson","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe papers in this volume were given by some of the world’s foremost Jonsonian scholars at a conference at the University of Toronto which marked the 400th anniversary of his birth. Each contributor came from a different institution, and Canada, the United States, Great Britain, and New Zealand were represented. The balance of papers likewise reflects the range of Ben Jonson’s achievement and the combination of brio and control so characteristic of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe papers arrange themselves in pairs: ‘The Incredibility of Jonsonian Comedy,’ as discussed by Professor Clifford Leech, is of a piece with distrust and defiance of the audience as discussed in the paper ‘Jonson and the Loathèd Stage’ by Professor Jonas Barish; Professor George Hibbard in ‘Ben Jonson and Human Nature’ and Professor D.I. McKenzie in ‘\u003cem\u003eThe Staple of News\u003c\/em\u003e and the Late Plays’ offer critical assessment of plays, the one wide-ranging, the ot\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405220028759,"sku":"9780802062840","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780802062840.jpg?v=1730489164","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-celebration-of-ben-jonson-9780802062840","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}