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To the Memory of My Beloved the Author, Mr. William Shakespeare. By Ben Jonson. To draw no envy, Shakespeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame; While I confess thy writings to be such. As neither man nor muse can praise too much;
Jonson, Benjamin [Ben] (1572–1637), poet and playwright, was born on 11 June 1572, probably in or near London.He was of Scottish descent, and retained a keen interest in the country of his forebears. ' His Grandfather came from Carlisle and he thought from Anandale to it ' noted the Scottish poet William Drummond of Hawthornden, after meeting Jonson on his travels north of the border in 1618 ...
Ben Jonson, (born June 11?, 1572, London, Eng.—died Aug. 6, 1637, London), British playwright, poet, and critic.After learning stagecraft as a strolling player, he wrote plays for Philip Henslowe’s theatres. In 1598 his comedy Every Man in His Humour established his reputation. He wrote several masques for the court of James I and created the “antimasque” to precede the masque proper.
Ben Jonson, Renaissance Dramatist, Playwright, and Poet, Competitor to William Shakespeare. Writer of Masques, Plays, Poetry, and Epigrams. Life, works, and resources.
By Ben Jonson. Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show, Of touch or marble; nor canst boast a row. Of polished pillars, or a roof of gold; Thou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told, Or stair, or courts; but stand’st an ancient pile, And, these grudged at, art reverenced the while. Thou joy’st in better marks, of soil, of air, Of ...
11 de abr. de 2012 · Ben Jonson 1572-1637) was an early modern playwright whose popularity rivaled that of Shakespeare or Marlowe. He spent multiple stints in prison, wrote masques in which the Queen of England and Prince of Wales performed, and was crowned England's first poet laureate. Yet for all this in 1572 he was born into relative poverty.
Ben Johnson, a great influential poet, and dramatist inspired generations with his writing style and intellectual ideas. Marked with a sharp tongue, blunt style, and satire, his literary piece The Isle of Dogs brought troubles for him, followed by his obscene play, Eastward Ho.Despite facing these grave issues and problems, he continued to express his bold ideas in his plays, masques, poetry ...
