Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Ben Jonson
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Standard Name: Jonson, Ben
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| death | Edmund Spenser | ES
, poet, died in King Street, Westminster, London. Ben Jonson
's claim that he starved to death has not generally been believed. |
| death | Cicely Bulstrode | She was buried two days later, on 6 August 1609. At least two of her former detractors, Jonson
and Donne
, wrote verse commemorations after her death. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Cicely Bulstrode | Despite the eminent respectability of these friends, the unmarried CB
acquired a reputation for promiscuity. Poems by Sir John Roe
and Ben Jonson
, and a letter from John Donne
, make casual charges connecting... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Sidney Herbert Countess of Pembroke | Mary Sidney's father, Sir Henry Sidney
, was Lord President of the Council of the Marches of Wales when she was born. Hannay, Margaret P. Philip’s Phoenix: Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke. Oxford University Press, 1990, http://U of A HSS. 20 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Jane Cavendish | As a young man William Cavendish developed an interest in literature (through Ben Jonson
) and the visual and performance arts. At Bolsover Castle he created a Renaissance version of a medieval castle, full of... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Jane Cavendish | The earl spent something over £4,000 on this visit, which was reported as such an excess of feasting, as had never before been known in England. The aged Ben Jonson
wrote for it The King's... |
| Friends, Associates | Lady Mary Wroth | LMW
performed in The Masque of Blacknesse, which Ben Jonson
had written to accommodate the queen
's desire for herself and her ladies to represent black women. Lewalski, Barbara Kiefer. Writing Women in Jacobean England. Harvard University Press, 1993. 28, 31 Roberts, Josephine A., and Lady Mary Wroth. “Introduction and Notes”. The Poems of Lady Mary Wroth, Louisiana State University Press, 1983, pp. 3 - 75, 219. 12 |
| Friends, Associates | Lady Mary Wroth | LMW
appeared in Jonson
's Masque of Beauty, with the same twelve companions as in his Masque of Blacknesse. Lewalski, Barbara Kiefer. Writing Women in Jacobean England. Harvard University Press, 1993. 33 Roberts, Josephine A., and Lady Mary Wroth. “Introduction and Notes”. The Poems of Lady Mary Wroth, Louisiana State University Press, 1983, pp. 3 - 75, 219. 13 |
| Friends, Associates | Lady Mary Wroth | Jonson
dedicated to LMWThe Alchemist (which had been first performed in 1610), calling her The Grace, and Glory of women. Roberts, Josephine A., and Lady Mary Wroth. “Introduction and Notes”. The Poems of Lady Mary Wroth, Louisiana State University Press, 1983, pp. 3 - 75, 219. 15-16 English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under Jonson |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Ellen Mary Clerke | The text opens with several Ballads of the Sea, Clerke, Ellen Mary. The Flying Dutchman, and Other Poems. W. Satchell, 1881. 1 |
| Literary responses | Cicely Bulstrode | During CB
's lifetime Ben Jonson
attacked her by calling her both a fool and a whore. After her death, both he and John Donne
eulogized her morals and also her wit. |
| Literary responses | Lady Jane Cavendish | Starr
pronounced in 1931: As a literary production, The Concealed Fansyes is practically without value.He noted its general and specific indebtedness to Ben Jonson
, asserted a likeness between its pair of brothers and... |
| Occupation | Mary Sidney Herbert Countess of Pembroke | The Countess of Pembroke's patronage was marked by eulogies and dedications (more than thirty) from many writers, including Ben Jonson
, Nicholas Breton
, and Samuel Daniel
. Daniel later told her elder son that... |
| Occupation | Lady Anne Clifford | LAC
performed (with Lady Mary Wroth
) in Ben Jonson
's Masque of Beauty. Katherine Acheson
, editor of LAC
's early diaries, dates this performance 1609. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under Ben Jonson Spence, Richard T. Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery. Sutton Publishing, 1997. 20 |
| Occupation | Algernon Charles Swinburne | Poems and Ballads appeared in 1866. This highly controversial collection, following closely on the heels of two successful plays, firmly established his literary reputation. He published an illustrated book of literary criticism, William Blake
... |
Timeline
September 1598: Ben Jonson's earliest well-known comedy,...
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September 1598
Ben Jonson
's earliest well-known comedy, Every Man in His Humour, was first performed, with a cast that included Richard Burbage
and William Shakespeare
.
Dutton, Richard. Ben Jonson, Authority, Criticism. Macmillan, 1996.
xiii
1609-10: Ben Jonson's comedy Epicœne, or The Silent...
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1609-10
Ben Jonson
's comedy Epicœne, or The Silent Woman was first performed.
Dutton, Richard. Ben Jonson, Authority, Criticism. Macmillan, 1996.
xvi
1 November 1614: Ben Jonson's comedy Bartholomew Fair was...
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1 November 1614
Ben Jonson
's comedy Bartholomew Fair was performed before James I
, to whom it was dedicated, by the Lady Elizabeth's Servants
.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
Collinson, Patrick. “Saints on Sundays, Devils All the Week after”. London Review of Books, 19 Sept. 2002, pp. 15-16.
15
November 1616: Ben Jonson published his Works, including...
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November 1616
Ben Jonson
published his Works, including (unconventionally) nine plays, as well as masques and two poetry collections.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
August 1667: John Dryden published An Essay of Dramatick...
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August 1667
John Dryden
published An Essay of Dramatick Poesie, bearing the title-page date of 1668.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Poets. Editor Lonsdale, Roger, Clarendon Press, 2006, 4 vols.
2: 314n27
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