Ben Jonson (English Men of Letters)

Gregory Smith, G.

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Ben Jonson was an English playwright and poet. His artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Fox (c. 1606), The Alchemist (1610) and Bartholomew Fair (1614) and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry. “He is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I.”

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Publisher
Macmillan and Co
Publisher City
London
Year
1926
Edition
pocket
Format
h/b
Author
Gregory Smith, G.
SKU
IYC132492
Categories
Condition
Good, pocket edition (1st ed in 1919), no d/j, blue clothbound boards, blind pressed design on cover, gilt spine titling (some fading); text block firm, pages clean. Owner's inscription ffep.
Size
12mo (190 x 130 / 7_" x 5")
Page Count
310
ISBN