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C H A R L E S C AT H C A RT A Note On the republication of Poetaster; or, The Arraignment in his Folio Works of 1616, Ben Jonson dedicated his play to Richard Martin. What connection may there be between the dedication to Martin, the intentions of Jonson in offering the dedication, and the various meanings Poetaster may have held for Elizabethan and Jacobean readers and spectators? Does the choice of dedicatee reï¬ect an authorial understanding of the playâs purpose and signiï¬cance? And may the selection of Martin reveal an attempt by Jonson to shape the way that his readers of 1616 would respond to the play of 1601? Of course, in discussing these possibilities, a further and more general question necessarily presents itself: on what basis do we assess whether the fact of a dedication indeed possesses a link with the burden of the work so dedicated? Poetasterâs Folio dedication of 1616 was absent from the playâs one previous print appearance, the quarto of 1602, a publication that occurred in the year following Poetasterâs composition and ï¬rst performances. The Folio dedication alluded to Richard Martinâs representations to âthe greatest Justice in the Kingdomâ on
Ben Jonson Journal – Edinburgh University Press
Published: Nov 1, 2007
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