Epithet and Esteem: The Reception of Momus in Early Modern English Culture.
The article presents the scene in Ben Jonson's Poetaster, a play set in ‘Augustus Caesar's times. Topics include showing the appropriate role of the writer in early modern English society where the character Ovid hosting a feast to the visitors; capturing the divergent attitudes harbouring by early...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of the Classical Tradition Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 531 - 554 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2020
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| Sumario: | The article presents the scene in Ben Jonson's Poetaster, a play set in ‘Augustus Caesar's times. Topics include showing the appropriate role of the writer in early modern English society where the character Ovid hosting a feast to the visitors; capturing the divergent attitudes harbouring by early modern English culture towards the little-known Greek deity Momus; and establishing the full range of responses to the mysterious figure from antiquity. |
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