Ben Jonson's "Small Latin and Less Greeke": Anatomy of a Misquotation

Ben Jonson's 80-line poem of praise in the 1623 Shakespeare First Folio constitutes a remarkable illustration of the ingenious constructive powers that led Jonson's admirers to call him the "prince of numbers." Like Jonson's "To the Reader" epigram written to accom...

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Published in:The Oxfordian (Portland, Or.) Or.), 2018-01, Vol.20, p.83-104
Main Author: Stritmatter, Roger
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dramatists
Jonson, Ben
Jonson, Ben (1573-1637)
Poetry
Poets
Reading
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Shakespeare, William (English playwright)
Shakespearean folios and quartos
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Summary:Ben Jonson's 80-line poem of praise in the 1623 Shakespeare First Folio constitutes a remarkable illustration of the ingenious constructive powers that led Jonson's admirers to call him the "prince of numbers." Like Jonson's "To the Reader" epigram written to accompany the Droeshout engraving, the encomium is constructed on a very deliberate numerical design, as has been recognized at least since C. M. Ingleby's 1879 Century of Praise volume of Shakespeare allusions. Here, Stritmatter offers a comprehensive and detailed Oxfordian understanding of the poem.
ISSN:1521-3641