Continuities and the Modern Consciousness in the Comedies of Ben Jonson
FAIN: FB-13082-77
John Eric Lueders
Houston Community College (Houston, TX 77002-9312)
To study Ben Jonson's comedies and the clash .of .traditional and modern values contained therein. Jonson delighted in pitting the gulls of their world with their simple humor against the likes of Volpone and the alchemists whose provisional and creative attitude toward reality gives them a distinct evolutionary advantage.