T. S. Eliot, Sweeney Agonistes, and Ben Jonson's Masque of Queenes

T. S. Eliot, Sweeney Agonistes, and Ben Jonson's Masque of Queenes

T. S. Eliot's essay on Ben Jonson (1919) is largely concerned with the best of Jonson's five-act plays, but twice mentions the masques as "neglected". Booth examines Eliot's Sweeney Agonistes and suggests that the writer seems to have got his usage of "hoo-ha", sug...

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Veröffentlicht in:Notes and queries 2006-09, Vol.53 (3), p.351-352
1. Verfasser: Booth, Roy
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Drama
Dramatists
Eliot, Thomas Stearns (1888-1965)
Jonson, Ben (1573-1637)
Literary criticism
Source studies
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Zusammenfassung:T. S. Eliot's essay on Ben Jonson (1919) is largely concerned with the best of Jonson's five-act plays, but twice mentions the masques as "neglected". Booth examines Eliot's Sweeney Agonistes and suggests that the writer seems to have got his usage of "hoo-ha", suggesting 'terrors', from Ben Jonson's Masque of Queenes (1609).
ISSN:0029-3970
1471-6941
DOI:10.1093/notesj/gjl105