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Ben Jonson in the
Romantic Age
TOM LOCKWOOD
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Acknowledgements
This book developed out of a suggestion made by Ian Donaldson; in
thePh.D.thesishethensupervisedatCambridgeandsubsequentlymy
indebtedness to him has been as great as such a thing ever should be.
My examiners, Jonathan Bate and Simon Jarvis, helped me to see how
that thesis might become a book; both at earlier and later stages, my
teachers at Girton College, Juliet Dusinberre, Anne Fernihough, and
JamesSimpson,readpartsofmyworkandshowedmehowitmightbe
undertaken.AsJonsonwritesfinelyinDiscoveries:‘Ithankethose,that
havetaughtme,andwillever.’
AtLeeds,DavidFairer,RobertJones,andJohnWhalehaveallcom-
mented on at least one chapter; I am grateful for conversations with
Michael Brennan, Martin Butler, and David Lindley; and Paul Ham-
mond,besidesotherkindnesses,helpedmetothinkthroughtheshape
and purpose of the book. The comments of David Bevington and my
twoother(anonymous)readersatOxfordUniversityPresshaveenabled
metoimprovemyfinaltext;SophieGoldsworthyandAndrewMcNeillie
haveencouragedmethroughtheprocessofthatimprovement.Jacqueline
Baker,TomPerridge,andJeanvanAltenahaveexpertlyguidedthebook
intoprint.Anyerrorsthathavesurvivedaremine.
I gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Arts and Hu-
manitiesResearchBoard,whofundedmydoctoralwork,andlatterlythe
BritishAcademy,whoseawardofaPostdoctoralFellowshiphasallowed
metocompleteworkonthebook.IamgratefulalsototheBeineckeLib-
rary,YaleUniversity,andtheFolgerShakespeareLibrary,Washington,
DC,fortheawardofvisitingfellowshipsthatenabledmetoworkwith
theircollections;theSchoolofEnglishattheUniversityofLeedshasalso
supportedmyresearch.
For permission to quote from manuscript and printed material in
their care I am grateful to the following institutions and individuals:
the Beinecke Library, Yale University; the Bodleian Library, University
of Oxford; the British Library, London; Cambridge University Lib-
rary; Special Collections, University of Delaware Library; Edinburgh
University Library; the Elizabethan Club, Yale University; the Folger
Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC; the Huntington Library, San
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Marino,California;theJohnMurrayArchive,London,andMrsVirginia
Murray(Archivist);theBrothertonCollection,LeedsUniversityLibrary;
theLeedsLibrary; theNational Art Library, London;theNational Lib-
rary of Scotland, Edinburgh; the Theatre Museum, London; the West
YorkshireArchiveService,Leeds,fortheEarlandCountessofHarewood
andTrusteesoftheHarewoodHouseTrust;andYorkMinsterLibrary.
Itisapleasuretothankseverallythestaffoftheseandotherlibrariesfor
thecourtesyextendedtomeduringthecourseofmyresearch.
AnearlierversionofmaterialpresentedinChapters2and6waspub-
lishedinTheLibrary;IamgratefultotheCounciloftheBibliographical
Societyandthejournal’seditor,OliverPickering,forpermissiontouse
thismaterial.
Withoutthesupportofmyparents,ChrisandRoy,mysister,Rosie,
andmybrother,Joe,thisresearchwouldnothavebeenpossible;without
Beck,though,itwouldhavebeenmiserable;andDanielhasprovideda
verystrongincentivetobringitnowtoaclose.
TomLockwood
Leeds,September2004
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Contents
AbbreviationsandANoteonTexts x
Introduction:RomanticJonson,MarginalJonson 1
I THEATRE,CRITICISM,EDITING 13
1. FrancisGodolphinWaldronandTheSadShepherd,I 15
2. TheatricalJonson 27
3. CriticalJonson 63
4. EditorialJonson 95
II ALLUSIONANDIMITATION 133
5. FrancisGodolphinWaldronandTheSadShepherd,II 135
6. AllusiveJonson,I:Coleridge 146
7. AllusiveJonson,II:Coleridge,Southey,andHartley
Coleridge 178
Conclusion 219
Bibliography 224
Index 251
Description:Tom Lockwood's study is the first examination of Jonson's place in the texts and culture of the Romantic age. Part one of the book explores theatrical, critical, and editorial responses to Jonson, including his place in the post-Garrick theatre, critical estimations of his life and work, and the pol
