John Marston (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
John Marston, born in Oxfordshire and baptized there on October 7, 1576, was the son of an English lawyer and his Italian wife. He attended Brasenose College, Oxford, from February 4, 1592, to February 6, 1594, when he received his B.A. degree. He entered the Middle Temple to study law and remained there until 1608, but his father’s statement of disappointment indicates that the young man did not complete his legal training.
Marston’s first known works are books of Ovidian eroticism and poetic satire, The Metamorphosis of Pigmalion’s Image and The Scourge of...
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