{"product_id":"jonson-versus-bakhtin-9789042011748","title":"Jonson Versus Bakhtin","description":"Ben Jonson has often been accused of needless erudition and of a morose refusal to join in the festive spirit. Further aggravation has come from the application of Bakhtin’s theory of carnival, especially in its posthumous form as a political allegory portraying the clash of high and low cultures. In an attempt to turn the tables on this tradition, \u003ci\u003eJonson Versus Bakhtin\u003c\/i\u003e goes back to the sources, arguing that Jonson’s theatre allows for an original interpretation of the grotesque as a formal culture of antithesis and opposition that includes carnival. A robust observer of popular myths of festive liberation by way of a uniquely compendious adaptation of his sources, Jonson’s grotesque uncannily delves deep into the Renaissance theory of the coincidence of opposites as a way of envisaging virtue and other concepts of the mind, rather than serving up a pompous application of moral precepts or offering a political arena for ritual transgression. While richly based on an appropriate repertory of underlying sources, \u003ci\u003eJonson Versus Bakhtin\u003c\/i\u003e steers away from any tiresome reference hunting mania, appealing to a broader audience interested in re-appraising Ben Jonson’s genius for richly contrastive imagery, as well as re-considering the relevance of Bakhtin’s theory to Elizabethan and Jacobean drama and to the Renaissance culture of the grotesque.","brand":"Rocco Coronato","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48269130629371,"sku":"9789042011748","price":149.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_45bc3cfb-c734-429e-af3d-5b0546999e5d.jpg?v=1774722388","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/jonson-versus-bakhtin-9789042011748","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}