Lynn S. Meskill is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Paris-XIII.

"This study should certainly appeal to Jonson scholars, but it also holds value for those interested in print and the history of reading. Its squarely author-centered approach participates in a discipline-wide trend and provides a fine model for such criticism, particularly in its multi-genre scope." --Renaissance Review

• 1. Introduction; 2. An anatomy of envy; 3. Defacement: anxiety and the Jonsonian imagination; 4. Sanctuary: Jonson's prophylactic strategy; 5. Monument: turning the text to stone; 6. Being posthumous.

Lynn S. Meskill is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Paris-XIII.

"This study should certainly appeal to Jonson scholars, but it also holds value for those interested in print and the history of reading. Its squarely author-centered approach participates in a discipline-wide trend and provides a fine model for such criticism, particularly in its multi-genre scope." --Renaissance Review

• 1. Introduction; 2. An anatomy of envy; 3. Defacement: anxiety and the Jonsonian imagination; 4. Sanctuary: Jonson's prophylactic strategy; 5. Monument: turning the text to stone; 6. Being posthumous.

Lynn S. Meskill is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Paris-XIII.

"This study should certainly appeal to Jonson scholars, but it also holds value for those interested in print and the history of reading. Its squarely author-centered approach participates in a discipline-wide trend and provides a fine model for such criticism, particularly in its multi-genre scope." --Renaissance Review

• 1. Introduction; 2. An anatomy of envy; 3. Defacement: anxiety and the Jonsonian imagination; 4. Sanctuary: Jonson's prophylactic strategy; 5. Monument: turning the text to stone; 6. Being posthumous.