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Biographies of Ben Jonson. External links. Ben Jonson. Benjamin Jonson ( c. 11 June 1572 – c. 6 August 1637) [2] was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy.
- Before 1597 – 1637
- English Renaissance
5 days ago · 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.
- Clifford Leech
A comprehensive biography of Ben Jonson, one of the best-known writers and theorists of English Renaissance literature, second in reputation only to Shakespeare. Learn about his life, works, influence, and legacy as a dramatist, poet, critic, and masquist.
Learn about the life and works of Ben Jonson, a poet, essayist, and playwright who influenced Shakespeare and was England's first poet laureate. Read his poems, including epigrams, odes, and tributes to friends.
YearTitle1640161616401616Learn about the life, work, and legacy of Ben Jonson, the most learned poet of the age and Shakespeare's contemporary and rival. Explore his comedies, masques, and criticism, and see how he influenced and was influenced by the drama of his time.
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His plays and 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.
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