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Jonson's most influential and revealing commentary on Shakespeare is the second of the two poems that he contributed to the prefatory verse that opens Shakespeare's First Folio.
To the Memory of My Beloved the Author, Mr. William Shakespeare. By Ben Jonson. To draw no envy, Shakespeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame; While I confess thy writings to be such. As neither man nor muse can praise too much; 'Tis true, and all men's suffrage.
About nine years after the birth of Shakespeare his greatest successor in the English drama was born in London. Jonson outlived Shakespeare twenty-one years and helped to usher in the decline of the drama.
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.
Doran: Ben Jonson loved Shakespeare this side of idolatry, calling him 'Thou star of poets,' and of course: that he was 'Not for an age but for all time'. But he was also critical of his friend: he insisted that Shakespeare lacked art, citing how he had described a sea-shore in landlocked Bohemia.
Apr 10, 2024 · In today's episode, we are exploring the life and works of one of Shakespeare's contemporaries: Ben Jonson. Often called "Shakespeare's rival," Ben Jonson was an early modern actor turned playwright who came from humble beginnings to achieve success on the London stages.
Sep 6, 2023 · From the title itself, Ben Jonson makes his tone and subject clear: he writes of his “beloved master,” William Shakespeare.
Ben Jonson’s poem “To the Memory of My Beloved Master William Shakespeare” appears as a preface to the First Folio, a collection of thirty-six plays by William Shakespeare.
Complete summary of Ben Jonson's To the Memory of My Beloved Master William Shakespeare, and What He Hath Left Us. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of To the Memory of...
Apr 5, 2019 · See education in Shakespeare’s day through the eyes of Ben Jonson: learning ABCs and the Lord’s Prayer with hornbooks, and drilling Latin grammar endlessly. Small Latin and Less Greek: A Look at the Inkhorn Controversy