Liberty and History in Jonson's Invitation to Supper.
| Publisher | Rice University |
| Publication | Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0039-3657 |
| Issues per Year | 4 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Published | 2000-01-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | ROBERT CUMMINGS |
| Person | Criticism and interpretation | Ben Jonson |
To night, graue sir, both my poore house, and I Doe equally desire your companie.
In Epigram 101, Ben Jonson invites a friend to supper. [1] The location of the supper is not given, the date is unknown, and the friend is unnamed. Probability favors the place as Jonson's house in St. Anne's, Blackfriars, and a date sometime before 1613. [2] Of more import is the identity of the friend. That the schedule for the evening includes readings from historians makes it plausible, if no more, that the grave guest should have been a historian. Jonson's old master at Westminster,...
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