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of Jonson’s The Alchemist is one of my favourite dramatic openings: FACE. Believe ‘t, I will. SUB. Thy worst. I fart at thee. DOL. Have you your wits? why, gentlemen! for love – FACE… more →
The Blotted Line
"A Chimera, Lie, and Illusion"
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Rico Vitz wrote 3 months ago: Andrea Pitts (B.A., UNF 2006; currently pursuing her Ph.D. at USF) will be presenting our first annu … more →
Abstracts of Papers, Part 2
Rico Vitz wrote 3 months ago: Here are abstracts of the papers for the conference’s second concurrent sessions. More to follow sho … more →
Leibniz, freedom, and the problem of evil
davidkilloren wrote 4 months ago: Misery is all around us. You don’t even have to look away from The Philosopher’s Eye to … more →
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daughterofben wrote 10 months ago: of Jonson’s The Alchemist is one of my favourite dramatic openings: FACE. Believe ‘t, I … more →
Now is not the time to read Anna Karenina.
daughterofben wrote 11 months ago: I read The Fire Gospel last night/early this morning. Michel Faber’s satiric examination of th … more →
The Longest Night.
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daughterofben wrote 12 months ago: On the Winter Solstice, presumably to ward off the boredom that attended the longest night of the ye … more →
Germaine Greer...
daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: in Shakespeare’s Wife (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2007), is clever, humourous, and well- … more →
Schroeder on Bloggingheads
Jennifer Lawson wrote 1 year ago: Mark Schroeder (USC) discusses his book Slaves of the Passions. … more →
Epigram II: "To my Book"
daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: I’m finally returning to my project of reading Jonson’s Epigrams, a project I almost fee … more →
A new page?
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daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: You, my devoted reader, may have noticed the addition of a new page on this archive. Liking his … more →
"Ben Jonson made it": The god of the theatre in the comedy of humours
daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: Having recently completed the third chapter of my thesis, I thought I’d write my usual synopsi … more →
To delight and instruct (and instruct, and instruct).
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daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: You, dear reader, may have deduced by now that I like Ben Jonson, the early modern dramatist, somewh … more →
Sources, sources, sources!
daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: Here again, is my partial bibliography for chapter two. I note my commentary has extended somewhat c … more →
Ben: Dramatist. Sycophant. Poet?
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daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: By now it should be fairly clear that I am the tiniest bit in adoration of Ben and his works. To sta … more →
Non-Accredited [Play] Reviews: John Marston.[i]
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daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: Marston, John. The Insatiate Countess. Four Jacobean Sex Tragedies. Ed Martin Wiggins. Oxford: Oxfor … more →
A sorry little drama.
daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: Enter Ben, at right, attired in the usual doublet (with ruffs!) and hose, armed with a Latin grammar … more →
Bookish Adventures with Bartholomew: Bartholomew meets Thom.
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daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: The last couple of weeks or so, Bartholomew and I have been reading the works of Thomas Middleton an … more →
Something's missing...
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daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: Could it be a dead British dramatist? Your not-so-humble protagonist has been the recipient of a fai … more →
A bit of a long post...
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daughterofben wrote 1 year ago: Two weeks ago, I was having a conversation with an acquaintance outside the good old JL Gibson Libra … more →
