Ben Jonson in the Romantic Age

• Examines the reception and influence of Ben Jonson's work during the Romantic period
• Combines literary and sociological readings of Jonson's texts
• Balances accounts of the importance Shakespeare and Milton for Romanticism

Readership: Advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars interested in both the Early Modern and Romantic periods.

Tom Lockwood, Tom Lockwood is a Lecturer in English at the University of Birmingham

"...the richness and persuasiveness of his case are palpable." - Martin Butler, Studies in Romanticism

"The book has a conscious elegance of construction (and phrasing) which is itself rather Jonsonian...Lockwood's book greatley extends our knowledge of his reception in the Romantic age." - Neil Rhodes, Romanticism

1: Introduction: Romantic Jonson, Marginal Jonson
2: Francis Godolphin Waldron and The Sad Shepherd: Theatre, Criticism, Editing
3: Theatrical Jonson
4: Critical Jonson
5: Editorial Jonson
6: Francis Godolphin Waldron and The Sad Shepherd: Allusion and Imitation
7: Allusive Jonson (I): Coleridge
8: Allusive Jonson (II): Coleridge, Southey, and Hartley Coleridge
9: Conclusion