An Image of the Times
An Irreverent companion to Ben Jonson's Four Humours and The Art of Diplomacy
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Nils-Johan Jorgensen | ISBN: | 9781898823315 |
| Publisher: | Renaissance Books | Publication: | April 30, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Renaissance Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Nils-Johan Jorgensen |
| ISBN: | 9781898823315 |
| Publisher: | Renaissance Books |
| Publication: | April 30, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Renaissance Books |
| Language: | English |
Here is a witty and learned literary excursion into the world of humour and comic literature as revealed inter alia by the works of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Oliver Goldsmith and Henry Fielding – leading in the second half to some glorious insights and observations provided by author’s life experience in the world of diplomacy. It is a rich and fascinating mix of literary idiom, the theatre of the absurd and the comic element of the human condition.
Here is a witty and learned literary excursion into the world of humour and comic literature as revealed inter alia by the works of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Oliver Goldsmith and Henry Fielding – leading in the second half to some glorious insights and observations provided by author’s life experience in the world of diplomacy. It is a rich and fascinating mix of literary idiom, the theatre of the absurd and the comic element of the human condition.
