Ben Jonson
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title:
Ben Jonson
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Benjamin Jonson was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on 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, The Alchemist (1610) and Bartholomew Fair (1614) and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry. He is regarded as "the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I." Jonson was a classica
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English playwright, poet, and actor (1572–1637)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jonson
date created:
2002-04-08T13:29:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T14:38:36Z
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