![]() ![]() Once Jonson's familiarity with emblematic methods is realized, what is considered 'emblematic' in his imagery can be reassessed. The evidence he leaves in the introductions to masque publications and his notes in Discoveries (1641) points to a conscious decision to incorporate not emblems themselves but an emblematic method in his new literary masque form, especially between 16. Rather than identifying particularly emblematic scenes or characters and analysing their construction, however, this investigation of the emblematic in Jonson begins with analysis of his theory of masque creation. ![]() This thesis offers an explanation for what is often assumed in studies of Jonson's masques and entertainments. ![]() ![]() While it is widely held that Ben Jonson uses emblem tradition in the development of imagery in his court masques and entertainments, how or why Jonson employs this genre of word-image combinations is rarely addressed.
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