Ben Jonson
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| '''Benjamin Jonson''' ([[wikt:circa|c.]] [[11 June]] [[1572]] – [[6 August]] [[1637]]) was an [[England|English]] [[English Renaissance|Renaissance]] [[dramatist]], [[poet]] and [[actor]]. A contemporary of [[William Shakespeare]], he is best known for his [[satire|satirical]] plays, particularly ''[[Volpone]]'' and ''[[The Alchemist (play)|The Alchemist]]'' which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on [[Literature in English#Jacobean literature|Jacobean]] and [[Literature in English#Caroline and Cromwellian literature|Caroline]] playwrights and poets. | '''Benjamin Jonson''' ([[wikt:circa|c.]] [[11 June]] [[1572]] – [[6 August]] [[1637]]) was an [[England|English]] [[English Renaissance|Renaissance]] [[dramatist]], [[poet]] and [[actor]]. A contemporary of [[William Shakespeare]], he is best known for his [[satire|satirical]] plays, particularly ''[[Volpone]]'' and ''[[The Alchemist (play)|The Alchemist]]'' which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on [[Literature in English#Jacobean literature|Jacobean]] and [[Literature in English#Caroline and Cromwellian literature|Caroline]] playwrights and poets. | ||
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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone and The Alchemist which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.
A Study of Ben Jonson (London, 1889) is a text by Algernon Charles Swinburne on Ben Jonson’s scatological epigrams.
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