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Ben Jonson

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Jonson, Ben
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Category: Arts & Culture
Byname of:
Benjamin Jonson
Born:
June 11?, 1572, London, England
Died:
August 6, 1637, London
Notable Works:
“Bartholomew Fair”
“Catiline”
“Cynthia’s Revels”
“Epicœne; or, The Silent Woman”
“Every Man in His Humour”
“Every Man out of His Humour”
“Sejanus”
“The Alchemist”
“The Masque of Blackness”
“The Poetaster”
“Timber: or, Discoveries”
“Volpone”
Movement / Style:
Jacobean age
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Apr. 8, 2024, 3:23 AM ET (The Guardian)
Shakespeare played jealous husband in 1598 Ben Jonson drama, scholar’s analysis finds

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. Among his major plays are the comedies Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone (1605), Epicoene; or, The Silent Woman (1609), The Alchemist (1610), and Bartholomew Fair (1614). Jonson was born two months after his father died. His stepfather was a bricklayer, but by good fortune the boy was able to attend Westminster School. His formal education, however, ...(100 of 2101 words)

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