Ben Jonson

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born

June 01, 1572 in Westminster, London, England, The United Kingdom

died

August 06, 1637

gender

male

genre

Poetry, Literature & Fiction

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Benjamin Jonson was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets. A house in Dulwich College is named after him.

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Books by Ben Jonson

Average rating: 3.49 · 2,669 ratings · 106 reviews · 240 distinct works

	Volpone 3.41 avg rating — 1,224 ratings — published 1607 — 57 editions	My rating:
	The Alchemist 3.53 avg rating — 536 ratings — published 1612 — 70 editions	My rating:
	Bartholomew Fair by Ben Jonson, Suzanne Gossett (Editor) 3.46 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1631 — 27 editions	My rating:
	Volpone and Other Plays by Ben Jonson, Michael Jamieson (Editor) 3.56 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Epicoene 3.28 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1616 — 33 editions	My rating:
	The Alchemist and Other Plays: Volpone, or the Fox; Epicene, or the Silent Woman; The Alchemist; Bartholomew Fair 3.76 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Ben Jonson and the Cavalier Poets 3.69 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1975	My rating:
	Five Plays by Ben Jonson, G.A. Wilkes (Editor) 3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Ben Jonson: Sejanus by Ben Jonson, Alvin B. Kerman (Editor), Richard B. Young (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1603 — 22 editions	My rating:
	The Devil Is an Ass: And Other Plays 4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1967 — 7 editions	My rating: