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''' (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) was an [[English playwright]] and poet, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the [[comedy of humours]]. He is best known for the [[satire|satirical]] plays ''[[Every Man in His Humour]]'' (1598), ''[[Volpone|Volpone, or The Fox]]'' (c. 1606), ''[[The Alchemist (play)|The Alchemist]]'' (1610) and ''[[Bartholomew Fair (play)|Bartholomew Fair]]'' (1614) and for his [[Lyric poetry|lyric]] and [[epigram]]matic poetry. "He is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after [[William Shakespeare]], during the reign of [[James VI and I|James I]]." |
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| + | Jonson was a [[Classics|classically educated]], well-read and cultured man of the [[English Renaissance]] with an appetite for controversy (personal and political, artistic and intellectual) whose cultural influence was of unparalleled breadth upon the playwrights and the poets of the [[Jacobean era]] (1603–1625) and of the [[Caroline era]] (1625–1642). | ||
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| + | ''[[A Study of Ben Jonson]]'' (London, 1889) is a text by [[Algernon Charles Swinburne]] on [[Ben Jonson]]’s [[scatological]] epigrams. | ||
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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) was an English playwright and poet, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours. He is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Fox (c. 1606), The Alchemist (1610) and Bartholomew Fair (1614) and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry. "He is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I."
Jonson was a classically educated, well-read and cultured man of the English Renaissance with an appetite for controversy (personal and political, artistic and intellectual) whose cultural influence was of unparalleled breadth upon the playwrights and the poets of the Jacobean era (1603–1625) and of the Caroline era (1625–1642).
A Study of Ben Jonson (London, 1889) is a text by Algernon Charles Swinburne on Ben Jonson’s scatological epigrams.
