Ben Jonson

Broschiertes Buch

The Complete Poems

Beschreibung

Contains poetry Ben Jonson, one of the greatest English playwrights of the 17th century and also a lyric poet. The poems included are: "Epigrams", "The Forest and Underwoods", "On My First Son", "Song to Celia", "On Poet-Ape", and "An Ode to Himself". They offer a celebration of both one man's life, and of an age.

Autor

Ben Jonson was born in 1572, the posthumous son of a minister and was educated at Westminster School thanks to an unknown patron. In 1597, after brief careers as a bricklayer and soldier, he began to work for Henslowe's company as a player and playwright. In addition to the comedies Jonson also produced two tragedies. In 1616 he was granted a royal pension and was made, in effect, Poet Laureate. He died on 6 August 1637.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 1981
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 128mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9780140422771
• ISBN-10: 0140422773
• Artikelnr.: 22276098