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Introduction: Jonson in the age of Juvenal -- Jonson and the comedy of humors -- The depths and heights of satire: Jacke Drum's entertainment and Cynthia's revels -- The scourge and the purge: satiromastix, poetaster, and satiric ethos -- "Thy wiser temper": Jonson's epigrams an…
"Does satire have the ability to effect social reform? If so, what satiric style is most effective in bringing about reform? This book explores how Renaissance poet and playwright Ben Jonson negotiated contemporary pressures to forge a satiric persona and style uniquely his own.…