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

This turbulent comic genius strides splendidly through the pages of Ian Donaldson's exemplary new biography. Donaldson has been a leading Jonson...
157 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.
19 months ago

Blair Worden · Seventeenth-century critics thought Ben Jonson England's finest writer. · Milton apart, no major author of 17 · Mindful of the...
145 months ago

A new exhibition at the Bodleian Library will explore the life of his friend and rival, Benjamin Jonson.
101 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...
140 months ago

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

Ben Jonson - Plays, Poetry, Achievement: Ben Jonson occupies by common consent the second place among English dramatists of the reigns of Elizabeth I and...
91 months 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...
30 months ago

Possibly the most noble and eloquent poetry-kvetch in the history of the art in English is Ben Jonson (1572-1637).
180 months ago