The Broken Compass : A Study of the Major Comedies of Ben Jonson / Edward B. Partridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Partridge, Edward B., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1958]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies the imagery of playwright, Ben Jonson to reveal how his imagination worked in his major comedies. Describes the nature and function of metaphor and his use of it as a literary technique.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

I. Definitions

II. The Functions of Metaphorical Language

III. Jonson on Metaphor

IV. Transchanged World

V. Volpone

VI. The Alchemist

VII. 'Epicoene'

VIII. The Last Plays

IX. Language Such As Men Do Use

X. The Broken Compass

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89230-6

OCLC:

654690554