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Ben Jonson - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Born in 1572, Ben Jonson is regarded as one of the major dramatists and poets of the seventeenth century
Ben Jonson - his life, work, and relationship with Shakespeare. From Halleck's New English Literature by Reuben Post Halleck. New York: American Book Company, 1913. Life. About nine years after the birth of Shakespeare his greatest successor in the English drama was born in London.
Home. Ben Jonson. Poet, Playwright and Actor. Ben Jonson, dramatist and poet, is the only person buried in an upright position in Westminster Abbey. He was born on 11th June 1572 but little is known about his parents. The family was of Scottish descent and his father became a clergymen.
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. In 1598 his comedy Every Man in His Humour established his reputation.
Benjamin Jonson ( c. 11 June 1572 – c. 6 August 1637) was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy.
Ben Jonson Online. Explore the life and writings of Shakespeare’s. greatest contemporary and rival. Poet, dramatist, scholar and writer of masques, Ben Jonson wrote for court, playhouse and. printing house. Masque records. Contains transcripts of all the. contextual documentation relating. to performances of the masques,
