num_pages: 240
description: Ben Jonson is, in many ways, the figure of greatest centrality to literary study of the Elizabethan and Jacobean period. He wrote in virtually every literary in drama, comedy, tragedy and masque; in poetry, epigram, and lyric; in prose, literary criticism and English grammar. This Companion brings together leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic to provide an accessible, up-to-date introduction to Jonson's life and works. It represents an invaluable guide to current critical perspectives, providing generous coverage not only of his plays but also his non dramatic works.
language: English
title: The Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson
titlecomplete: The Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
ratings_count: 12
publisher: Cambridge University Press