"But Worth pretends": Discovering Jonson
Anita M. Hagerman analyzes "Wroth's connections to Ben Jonson and the possibilities the connections offer regarding both the form and content of Wroth's sonnet sequence Pamphilia to Amphilanthus."
"On the Famous Voyage": Ben Jonson and C
Essay by Andrew McRae from Early Modern Literary Studies (September 1998).
"The strangest pageant, fashion'd like a
William F. Blissett suggests that a Jonson reference to a "Dr. Done . . . encourages a consideration of the parallel literary lives of Jonson and Donne."
(Self)-Fashioning of Ezekiel Edgworth in Jonson&ap
Essay by Jean MacIntyre from Early Modern Literary Studies 4:3 (January 1999).
Antitheatricalism in Light of Ben Jonson's Vo
Joel Culpepper traces Volpone's role in the Puritan battle to end crossdressing in theatrical productions.
Ben Jonson
Historical background and analysis of Volpone and The Alchemist. Explanations of literary terminologies.
Ben Jonson and Cervantes
Yumiko Yamada suggests that while many studies of Cervantes make connections to Shakespeare, the connection to Jonson deserves more critical attention.
Ben Jonson and His Folio
Critical analysis of several book chapters on Jonson.
Ben Jonson Unmasked
An essay by Kathleen A. Prendergrast on Jonson's changing attitudes towards his fellow playwrights, the theater as a medium, and his own role as a dramatist.
Ben Jonson, from The Sad Shepherd: or, A Tale of R
Short background on Jonson's last play, excerpt, and notes.
Book Review
Matthew Steggle reviews Ben Jonson and Theatre: Performance, Practice and Theory, by Richard Cave, et al.
Book Review
Robert C. Evans reviews Ben Jonson: Poetry and Architecture, by A.W. Johnson.
Book Review
Matthew Steggle reviews Ben Jonson's Antimasques: A history of growth and decline, by Lesley Mickel.
Book Reviews
Matthew Steggle reviews Ben Jonson, Every Man in His Humour and Every Man Out of His Humour, Ed. Helen Ostovich.
Jonson's Romish Foxe
Alizon Brunning argues that Volpone "can also be read as an overtly Anti-Catholic discourse."
Jonson's Stoic Politics: Lipsius, the Greeks,
Robert C. Evans suggests comparisons between Lipsius and Jonson, for "[b]oth men seem to have equated good politics with moral goodness: the just ruler, the worthy citizen, and the ideal commonwealth should all be rooted in virtue."
Marking his Place: Ben Jonson's Punctuation
Sara van den Berg suggests that "[t]o investigate his punctuation is to investigate not only his specific practices but, even more importantly, his theory of the text."
Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism -- Be
Extracted analytical quotes about Jonson and his works.
The Swinburne Project
A study of Ben Jonson: comedies, tragedies, masques, miscellaneous works, and discoveries.