Ben Jonson in the Romantic Age
Ben Jonson in the Romantic Age

Author: Tom Lockwood

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2005-09-22

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0191535796

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Tom Lockwood's study is the first examination of Jonson's place in the texts and culture of the Romantic age. Part one of the book explores theatrical, critical, and editorial responses to Jonson, including his place in the post-Garrick theatre, critical estimations of his life and work, and the politically-charged making and reception of William Gifford's 1816 edition of Jonson's Works. Part two explores allusive and imitative responses to Jonson's poetry and plays in the writings of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and explores how Jonson serves variously as a model by which to measure the poet laureate, Robert Southey, and Coleridge's eldest son, Hartley. The introduction and conclusion locate this 'Romantic Jonson' against his eighteenth-century and Victorian re-creations. Ben Jonson in the Romantic Age shows us a varied, mobile, and contested Jonson and offers a fresh perspective on the Romantic age.

Translating Beowulf: Modern Versions in English Verse
Translating Beowulf: Modern Versions in English Verse

Author: Hugh Magennis

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1843843943

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Translations of the Old English poem 'Beowulf' proliferate, and their number continues to grow. Focussing on the particularly rich period since 1950, this book presents a critical account of translations in English verse, setting them in the contexts both of the larger story of recovery and reception of the poem and perceptions of it.