Exclusive: lecturer finds 'striking similarities' between lines in Jonson's Every Man in His Humour and later Shakespeare works.
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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.
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A new exhibition at the Bodleian Library will explore the life of his friend and rival, Benjamin Jonson.
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An almost unknown sonnet in the playbook or script of a 1603 play by Ben Jonson could be a “lost” work by William Shakespeare, according to two leading...
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Bates Library has acquired access to The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson Online, a new digital repository of material related to the famed English...
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Jonson's poetic response to bad reviews of his plays by 'wolf' and 'ass' praises poetry and urges a return to deeper sources of inspiration.
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Ben Jonson (1572–1637) was an English poet and playwright who, like his contemporary, William Shakespeare, played a major role in forming English verse and...
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The book is rich in detail and insights, combines meticulous research with readability, and is full of quoted examples of Jonson's inimitably muscular, pungent...
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My UCLA seminar on “Poetry and Society in England, from the Spanish Armada to the Glorious Revolution” began, via Zoom, a few weeks ago.
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A new biography argues that Ben Jonson, Britain's first literary celebrity, was as central as Shakespeare to the development of the British...
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