The Aristophanic comedies of Ben Jonson

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I. A New Approach to an Old Subject -- II. The Plots and Characters of Aristophanes and Jonson -- III. The Inverted Worlds of Two Comic Dramatists -- IV. The Obscenities and Indecencies in Aristophanes and Jonson -- V. Aristophanic Satire and Didacticism in Jonson's Comedy -- VI. Personal Satire in Aristophanes and Jonson -- VII. Jonson's Imitations and Adaptations of the Aristophanic Parabasis -- VIII. Parallel Passages in Aristophanes and Jonson -- IX. Why Jonson Failed -- Selected Bibliography -- Index