Works: Volume 4

the long version

Benjamin "Ben" Jonson was an English playwright, poet, actor and literary critic of the 17th century, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy. He is best known for his satirical plays and for his lyric poetry; he is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I. This scholarly edition of works by Ben Jonson presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.