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- The term “Sons of Ben” emerged as a colloquial designation for Jonson’s literary admirers and followers. These poets shared a common admiration for Jonson’s works and principles, and they formed a literary circle during the early 17th century.
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Sons of Ben were followers of Ben Jonson in English poetry and drama in the first half of the seventeenth century. These men followed Ben Jonson's philosophy and his style of poetry. Unlike Jonson, they were loyal to the king.
“Sons of Ben”, otherwise known as the “Tribe of Ben” were a group of literary members who belonged to the 17th century. They were ardent admirers of eminent poet and playwright Ben Jonson and emulated him as reflected in their works.
Feb 8, 2024 · Ben Jonson (1572–1637) was a prominent playwright and poet of the Jacobean era, known for his satirical wit and classical influences. The term “Sons of Ben” emerged as a colloquial designation for Jonson’s literary admirers and followers.
Robert Herrick (August 24, 1591 – October 1674) was a seventeenth century English poet and cleric, known as the most famous of the "Sons of Ben," a poetic movement among the Cavalier Poets of the mid seventeenth-century that both held up the classically-influenced poetry of Ben Jonson as an exemplary role-model, and rejected the fanaticism of ...
The poet’s ultimate contentment in his role as a “son of Ben” finds expression in the formality of his epitaph “ Upon Ben Jonson ” and in the intimacy and nostalgia of “An Ode for him.” The influence of Ben Jonson, however, goes beyond these poetic tributes.
The phrase Sons of Ben is a mildly problematic term applied to followers of Ben Jonson in English poetry and drama in the 1st half of the 17th century. Sons of Ben has been applied to the dramatists who were overtly and admittedly influenced by Jonson's drama, his most distinctive artistic...
Robert Herrick was an English cleric and poet, the most original of the “sons of Ben [Jonson],” who revived the spirit of the ancient classic lyric. He is best remembered for the line “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,” and he is counted among the Cavalier poets.
