Publisher's Synopsis
Ben Jonson is known to most people only as the author of one or two masterly plays which regularly appear in the drama repertoire. He is less known for his other work - encompassing poetry, criticism, masque and a lifetime of linguistic and lexicographical study. Rosalind Miles presents a comprehensive critical study of the whole of Jonson's oeuvre. In doing so, she reveals a more varied picture of Jonson - not the accomplished artist so much as the struggling craftsman.
