Ben Jonson - Wikipedia
WEBBenjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 18 August [O.S. 6 August] 1637) was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy.
The Alchemist (play) - Wikipedia
WEBThe Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King's Men, it is generally considered Jonson's best and most characteristic comedy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge believed that it had one of the three most perfect plots in literature.
Volpone - Wikipedia
WEBVolpone ([volˈpoːne], Italian for "sly fox") is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 1605–1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-performed play, and it is ranked among the finest Jacobean era comedies.
Ben Jonson | English Poet, Playwright & Actor | Britannica
WEBAug 2, 2024 · Ben Jonson (born June 11?, 1572, London, England—died August 6, 1637, London) was an English Stuart dramatist, lyric poet, and literary critic. He is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I.
Ben Jonson - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBBen Jonson (11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was a major poet and playwright in English Renaissance drama. Many critics consider Jonson to be among the best playwrights of his time, a time when William Shakespeare also lived.
Ben Jonson - Wikiquote
WEBBenjamin Jonson (11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor, most famous for his plays Volpone and The Alchemist, his lyrics, his influence on Jacobean and Caroline poets, his theory of humours, his contentious personality, and his friendship and rivalry with William Shakespeare.
Ben Jonson | The Poetry Foundation
WEBBen Jonson is among the best-known writers and theorists of English Renaissance literature, second in reputation only to Shakespeare. A prolific dramatist and a man of letters highly learned in the classics, he profoundly influenced the Augustan age through his emphasis on the precepts of Horace, Aristotle, and other classical Greek and Latin ...
Ben Jonson - New World Encyclopedia
WEBBenjamin Jonson (c. June 11, 1572 – August 6, 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet, and actor. Ben Jonson lived during the age of William Shakespeare and proved to be his greatest literary rival.
The Life of Ben Jonson (1572-1637) - Luminarium
WEBBen Jonson, Renaissance Dramatist, Playwright, and Poet, Competitor to William Shakespeare. Writer of Masques, Plays, Poetry, and Epigrams. Life, works, and resources.
Ben Jonson - Plays, Poetry, Achievement | Britannica
WEBAug 2, 2024 · Ben Jonson - Plays, Poetry, Achievement: Ben Jonson occupies by common consent the second place among English dramatists of the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. He was a man of contraries. For “twelve years a papist,” he was also—in fact though not in title—Protestant England’s first poet laureate.