Download or read book Ben Jonson and the Lucianic Tradition written by Douglas Duncan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1979-06-28 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duncan suggests Jonson's challenge to the audience originates in the practice of 'oblique teaching', which was developed by Erasmus and More out of their admiration for Lucian.