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Poetaster
Poetaster, a comedy by Jonson, performed 1601, printed 1602.
Set in the court of the Emperor Augustus, the main plot concerns the conspiracy of the poetaster Crispinus and his friend Demetrius (who represent Jonson's contemporaries Marston and Dekker) and a swaggering captain, Pantilius Tucca, to defame Horace, who represents Jonson. The matter is tried before Augustus, with Virgil as judge. Horace is acquitted, the ‘dresser of plays’ Demetrius is made to wear a fool's coat and cap, and Crispinus is given a purge of hellebore and made to vomit up his windy rhetoric. Marston and Dekker replied to the attack in Satiromastix, where the main characters of this play reappear. |
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Poetaster." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Poetaster." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Poetaster.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Poetaster." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Poetaster.html |
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poetaster
poetaster a paltry or inferior poet; a writer of poor or trashy verse. The word, which is modern Latin, was coined by Erasmus in a letter of 1521; it is first found in English in Ben Jonson's Fountain of Self-Love (1599).
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "poetaster." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "poetaster." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-poetaster.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "poetaster." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-poetaster.html |
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"poetaster." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "poetaster." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-poetaster.html "poetaster." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-poetaster.html |
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