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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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.
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."
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.
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.
