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Sir Francis Stewart

Sir Francis Stewart M A R T I N B U T L E R Jonson's Overlooked Patron If the bookstall browsers w h o in 1616 cast their eyes over the title engraving of The Works of Benjamin fonson had turned the page, they w o u l d have been confronted by a catalogue of contents in which not only the dramatist's works but the identities of those to w h o m his works were dedicated were proudly displayed, parallel lists that underscored the prestige and ambition of the literary project an nounced by that arresting title page. Here Jonson enumerated his principal writings, but gave as much space again to the names of the famous m e n and institutions to w h o m they had been addressed. His catalogue yoked m e n of talent such as William Camden and Richard Martin with m e n of power such as Lord Aubigny and the Earl of Pembroke, and it laid claim to terms of intimacy with the Inns of Court, the universities, and the Court. Evidently this catalogue had a double purpose. On the one hand, it displayed Jonson's sense of accomplishment on a scale http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ben Jonson Journal Edinburgh University Press

Sir Francis Stewart

Butler, Martin
Ben Jonson Journal , Volume 2 (1): 101 – Jan 1, 1995
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Edinburgh University Press
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Copyright © 1995 by the University of Nevada Press. All rights reserved.
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1079-3453
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1755-165X
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10.3366/bjj.1995.2.1.7
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M A R T I N B U T L E R Jonson's Overlooked Patron If the bookstall browsers w h o in 1616 cast their eyes over the title engraving of The Works of Benjamin fonson had turned the page, they w o u l d have been confronted by a catalogue of contents in which not only the dramatist's works but the identities of those to w h o m his works were dedicated were proudly displayed, parallel lists that underscored the prestige and ambition of the literary project an nounced by that arresting title page. Here Jonson enumerated his principal writings, but gave as much space again to the names of the famous m e n and institutions to w h o m they had been addressed. His catalogue yoked m e n of talent such as William Camden and Richard Martin with m e n of power such as Lord Aubigny and the Earl of Pembroke, and it laid claim to terms of intimacy with the Inns of Court, the universities, and the Court. Evidently this catalogue had a double purpose. On the one hand, it displayed Jonson's sense of accomplishment on a scale

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Published: Jan 1, 1995

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