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Benjamin 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.
Aug 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 is among the best-known writers and theorists of English Renaissance literature, second in reputation only to Shakespeare.
Nov 18, 2021 · (Benjamin) Ben Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 — c. 16 August 1637) was an English playwright and poet, best known for his satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Fox (c. 1606), The Alchemist (1610) and Bartholomew Fair (1614), as well as his lyrical poetry.
The poet, essayist, and playwright Ben Jonson was born on June 11, 1572 in London, England. His father, a minister, died shortly before his birth and his mother remarried a bricklayer.
Ben Jonson is considered one of the major figures of English Renaissance literature, alongside his contemporary and sometime rival WilliamShakespeare. Jonson was a master of language and form, known for his satirical wit and classical learning.
Aug 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.
Ben Jonson, (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.
Ben Jonson, Renaissance Dramatist, Playwright, and Poet, Competitor to William Shakespeare. Writer of Masques, Plays, Poetry, and Epigrams. Life, works, and resources.
B en Jonson, one of Elizabethan England's greatest writers, led a life filled with social, political, and religious reversals. Jonson was the close and friendly rival of playwright William Shakespeare, a friend of the English poet John Donne, and the unofficial national poet of England.
