Poems
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Ben Jonson stands as one of the towering figures of the English Renaissance, a contemporary and rival of Shakespeare whose verse crackles with classical learning, sharp wit, and moral conviction. This collection gathers the finest of his lyric poetry, including the celebrated Epigrams, the elegant The Forest, and the posthumously published Underwood, presenting a body of work that ranges from tender love sonnets and elegant epitaphs to pointed satirical verse and stately odes. Jonson's poetry is architecture in words — rigorously constructed, deeply indebted to Horace and the Roman tradition, yet unmistakably alive with the energy of Jacobean London. Beyond their historical significance, these poems reward the modern reader with a voice of startling directness and emotional range. Jonson argues for virtue, mourns the deaths of friends and children with devastating simplicity, and skewers pretension with gleeful precision. His influence on the Cavalier poets — Herrick, Carew, Lovelace — was profound, and reading him is to understand the very roots of English lyric tradition. Whether you come as a scholar or a curious newcomer, these poems leave an indelible impression of a brilliant, combative, and deeply human mind.
Author: Ben Jonson
Format: Hardback
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Ben Jonson stands as one of the towering figures of the English Renaissance, a contemporary and rival of Shakespeare whose verse crackles with classical learning, sharp wit, and moral conviction. This collection gathers the finest of his lyric poetry, including the celebrated Epigrams, the elegant The Forest, and the posthumously published Underwood, presenting a body of work that ranges from tender love sonnets and elegant epitaphs to pointed satirical verse and stately odes. Jonson's poetry is architecture in words — rigorously constructed, deeply indebted to Horace and the Roman tradition, yet unmistakably alive with the energy of Jacobean London. Beyond their historical significance, these poems reward the modern reader with a voice of startling directness and emotional range. Jonson argues for virtue, mourns the deaths of friends and children with devastating simplicity, and skewers pretension with gleeful precision. His influence on the Cavalier poets — Herrick, Carew, Lovelace — was profound, and reading him is to understand the very roots of English lyric tradition. Whether you come as a scholar or a curious newcomer, these poems leave an indelible impression of a brilliant, combative, and deeply human mind.