This turbulent comic genius strides splendidly through the pages of Ian Donaldson's exemplary new biography. Donaldson has been a leading Jonson...
159 months ago

The awkward logic of "Anonymous" turns the initially stalwart Ben Jonson into a ludicrous double-dealer, who advances his supreme tribute...
158 months ago

Bates Library has acquired access to The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson Online, a new digital repository of material related...
122 months ago

The deeply researched but happily readable new biography of Jonson by Ian Donaldson, entitled “Ben Jonson: A Life.”
156 months ago

A new exhibition at the Bodleian Library will explore the life of his friend and rival, Benjamin Jonson.
102 months ago

Ben Jonson is described as “Poet laureate of England” and a “friend/rival of Shakespeare.” The first label reflects Jonson's status as a celebrated writer.
20 months ago

By Ian Donaldson Some years ago, while I was working in Australia's national capital, Canberra, I was about to give a lecture on Ben Jonson...
142 months ago

Ben Jonson was not in fact hailed by a 'throng' outside Berwick on his walk to Scotland in 1618, as Blair Worden states (LRB, 11 October). A...
147 months ago

Ben Jonson - Plays, Poetry, Achievement: Ben Jonson occupies by common consent the second place among English dramatists of the reigns of...
3 weeks ago

On My First Son ... Ben Jonson (1572–1637) was an English poet and playwright who, like his contemporary, William Shakespeare, played a major role...
32 months ago