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| Name: |
Ben Jonson | | Birth Date: |
1572 | | Death Date: |
August 6, 1637 | | Place of Birth: |
London, England | | Place of Death: |
London, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer, playwright, poet |
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 Biography of Ben Jonson
1,351 words, approx. 5 pages
 The English playwright and poet Ben Jonson (1572-1637) is best known for his satiric comedies. An immensely learned man with an irascible and domineering personality, he was, next to Shakespeare, the greatest dramatic genius of the English Renaissance.... summary from source:
Biography of Ben Jonson
19,433 words, approx. 65 pages
 By turns turbulent and weighty, scatological and refined, boisterous and delicate, Ben Jonson's works have always excited strong reactions among his readers and his playgoing audiences, just as his personality strongly impressed or offended his... summary from source:
 Biography of Ben(jamin) Jonson
16,857 words, approx. 56 pages
By turns turbulent and weighty, scatalogical and refined, boisterous and delicate, Ben Jonson's works have always excited strong reactions among his readers and his playgoing audiences, just as his personality strongly impressed or offended his...
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 Ben Jonson Quotes
3,783 words, approx. 13 pages
Benjamin Jonson ( 11 June , 1572 – 6 August , 1637 ) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. He is best known for his plays Volpone and The Alchemist , his lyrics, his influence on Jacobean and Caroline poets, his theory of humours, his...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Jonson, Ben
2,140 words, approx. 7 pages(born June 11?, 1572, London, Eng.—died Aug. 6, 1637, London) 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... summary from source:
Jonson, Ben(Jamin)
141 words, approx. 1 pages(born June 11?, 1572, London, Eng.—died Aug. 6, 1637, London) British playwright, poet, and critic. After learning stagecraft as a strolling player, he wrote plays for Philip Henslowe's theatres. In 1598 his comedy Every Man in His Humour... summary from source:
 Ben Jonson Information
6,822 words, approx. 23 pages
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone and The Alchemist which are considered...
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 The Boston Globe A Portrait Of Self-made Ben Jonson
02/14/1989: 597 words, approx. 2 pages BEN JONSON. A Life, by David Riggs. Harvard University Press. 399 pp. $35. Illustrated. His name was Johnson and he is so designated on the title pages of his first three printed books. A small detail, perhaps, and commentators who may have noticed... summary from source:
Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 Charles Chester and Ben Jonson.
03/22/1999: 6,717 words, approx. 22 pages Ben Jonson arguably modeled Carlo Buffono, a character in his play 'Every Man Out of His Humour' on an acquaintance of Walter Raleigh named Charles Chester. An anecdote by John Aubrey showed that Chester did exist. He was a tavern railer who knew and... summary from source:
 The New York Observer The Shakespeare Code: Is Times Guy Kind Of Bard \'d4Creationist\'d5?
9/18/2005: 3,127 words, approx. 10 pagesIt started out amusing, in a way, but now it’s getting ugly—the little-noticed battle over The New York Times’ Shakespeare coverage. Earlier this month, invocations of creationism and Holocaust denial were injected into the debate by no less an authority than Harvard’s Stephen Greenblatt, author... summary from source:
The New York Observer The Shakespeare Code: Is Times Guy Kind Of Bard 'Creationist'?
9/18/2005: 3,126 words, approx. 10 pagesIt started out amusing, in a way, but now it’s getting ugly—the little-noticed battle over The New York Times’ Shakespeare coverage.Earlier this month, invocations of creationism and Holocaust denial were injected into the debate by no less an authority than Harvard’s Stephen Greenblatt, author of...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Anne Barton
15,242 words, approx. 51 pages
In the following essay, Barton explores the links between real life and dramatic representation in Jonson's comical satires, suggesting that Jonson's satirical works were influenced by his stormy relationship with Marston, and noting the dangers of Jonson's efforts to satirize members of his own audience.
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Critical Essay by Alvin Kernan
10,795 words, approx. 36 pages
In the following excerpt, Kernan focuses on Jonson's "comicall satyres," showing how the satirical and ironic modes are played out in the theme of alchemy and in the gulf between Renaissance aspiration and human limitation. Jonson, Kernan contends, "set the pattern for comical satire for a generation to come."
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Critical Essay by Gabriele Bernhard Jackson
10,642 words, approx. 36 pages
In the essay below, Jackson explores the relation between dramatic art and moral judgment in Jonson's plays. Jackson focuses on the theme of nobility and the recurrence of money symbolism to reveal the rhetorical character of Jonson's dramaturgy.
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 81%Theatre Through One Man -- Ben Jonson
877 words, approx. 3 pages
A biography of English author and playwright Ben Jonson (1572-1637), including a description of his works. Well known for his "outgoing" nature and controversial yet popular writings, Jonson influenced Elizabethan theater as much as it influenced him.
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Essay Grade: 83%"On My First Sonne"
410 words, approx. 1 pages
A commentary on Ben Jonson's poem "On My First Sonne," about the death of his seven-year-old son and the grief and sadness that he felt.
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