This edition analyzes four of Jonson's works, including Volpone, The Alchemist, Every Man in His Humour, and Bartholomew Fair.

This volume offers the broadest range of information on Jonson and his works, from background on contexts to details of recent interpretations of his plays.

This edition presents the full texts of Jonson's two most popular comedies, Volpone and The Alchemist and of his commonplace book Discoveries, his Conversations with William Drummond of Hawthornden, and all his non-dramatic poetry.

On-page commentary notes gloss the text in greater detail, making this the ideal edition for study and classroom use.

The extraordinary character of Ben Jonson has only recently been brought into the light.

The story of Jonson's life provides a broad view of the literary procession in early modern England and the milieu in which Elizabethan drama was produced.