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This is the first book to explore Ben Jonson's place in the Romantic Age. It presents a varied, mobile, and contested Jonson and views the Romantic Age anew thr

Friend and rival of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson was one of the most learned and interesting men of his age. Throughout his fascinating life, he served not only as a

Explores the construction of Jonson's multifaceted reputation and shifting legacy from his own time to the present.

Ben Jonson was the greatest of Shakespeare's contemporaries. In the century following his death he was seen by many as the finest of all English writers, living

This book examines the centrality of envy in the works of Ben Jonson, Shakespeare's greatest literary rival.