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Ben Jonson (Critical Survey of Poetry)

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Ben Jonson’s fame has rested mainly on his comic drama, especially on the masterpieces of his maturity, Volpone: Or, The Fox (1605), Epicœne: Or, The Silent Woman (1609), The Alchemist (1610), and Bartholomew Fair (1614). Surviving earlier comedies are The Case Is Altered (1597), Every Man in His Humour (1598, 1605), Every Man Out of His Humour (1599), Cynthia’s Revels: Or, The Fountain f Self-Love (1600-1601), Poetaster: Or, His Arraignment (1601), and Eastward Ho! (1605, with

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