Ben Jonson and Self-love: The Subtlest Maze of AllDespite an inauspicious origin as the adopted son of a London bricklayer and such misadventures as imprisonment for murder, Ben Jonson rose to prominence in England's literary scene at the beginning of the 17th century. Even in an age of versatile literary figures, Jonson's life as actor, playwright, poet, critic, translator and scholar was a remarkable one. |
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Of Nature in Men | 1 |
Volpone the Lover | 21 |
Epic and Epigram | 45 |
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