JONSON

Meaning of JONSON in English

biographical name Benjamin 1572-1637 Ben ~ English dramatist, ~ian adjective

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JONSON — — Jonsonian /jon soh"nee euhn/ , adj. /jon"seuhn/ , n. Ben , 1573?-1637, English dramatist and poet.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JONSON — n. family name; Ben Jonson (1572-1637), English playwright and poet
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JONSON — biographical name Benjamin 1572-1637 Ben Jonson English dramatist • Jon·so·nian jän-ˈsō-nē-ən, -nyən adjective
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JONSON — Jonson, Jonsson BrE AmE ˈdʒɒn t s ə n AmE \ ˈdʒɑːn t s-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
JONSON — Jon ‧ son, Ben /ˈdʒɒns ə n $ ˈdʒɑːn-/ BrE AmE (1572–1637) an English writer of plays, poetry, and criticism. …
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JONSON
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
JONSON — n. Pronunciation: ' jän(t)-s ə n Function: biographical name Benjamin 1572-1637 Ben Jonson Eng. dram. – Jon · so · …
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JONSON, BEN(JAMIN) — born June 11?, 1572, London, Eng. died Aug. 6, 1637, London British playwright, poet, and critic. After learning stagecraft as …
Английский словарь Британика
JONSON, BEN — born June 11?, 1572, London, Eng. died Aug. 6, 1637, London byname of Benjamin Jonson English Jacobean dramatist, lyric poet, …
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JONSON, BENJAMIN — born June 11?, 1572, London, Eng. died Aug. 6, 1637, London British playwright, poet, and critic. After learning stagecraft as …
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JONSON, BEN — born June 11?, 1572, London, Eng. died Aug. 6, 1637, London British playwright, poet, and critic. After learning stagecraft as …
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JACOBEAN LITERATURE — Body of works written during the reign of James I of England (1603–25). The successor to Elizabethan literature , Jacobean …
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MAKE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONVERT — I. kənˈvərt, -və̄t, -vəit, usu -d.+V verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English converten, from Old French convertir, from Medieval …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JONSONIAN — (ˈ)jän|sōnēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Ben Jonson died 1637 English dramatist + English -ian : of, relating to, or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THEATRES, WAR OF THE — in English literary history, conflict involving the Elizabethan playwrights Ben Jonson, John Marston, and Thomas Dekker. It covered a period …
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PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE — prefatory and supplementary pieces to a literary work, especially a verse drama. The ancient Greek prologos was of wider significance …
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POET LAUREATE — title first granted in England for poetic excellence. Its holder is a salaried member of the British royal household, but …
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MASQUE
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HUMOURS, COMEDY OF — a dramatic genre most closely associated with the English playwright Ben Jonson from the late 16th century. The term derives …
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TAYLOR, JOSEPH — born 1586?, England died Nov. 4, 1652, London English actor mentioned in the First Folio of Shakespeare in 1623 as …
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SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM — What follows is the unsigned biography of William Shakespeare that first appeared in the "greatly improved and enlarged" Second Edition …
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SHADWELL, THOMAS — born 1642?, Norfolk, Eng. died Nov. 19, 1692, London English dramatist and poet laureate, known for his broad comedies of …
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RANDOLPH, THOMAS
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MERMAID TAVERN — famous London meeting place of the Friday Street Club, of which William Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raleigh, John Donne, and Ben …
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MARSTON, JOHN — (baptized Oct. 7, 1576, Oxfordshire, Eng.d. June 25, 1634, London), English dramatist, one of the most vigorous satirists of the …
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JACOBEAN AGE — (from Latin Jacobus, James), period of visual and literary arts during the reign of James I of England (160325). The …
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HERRICK, ROBERT — Robert Herrick, detail of an engraving by W. Marshall, from the frontispiece to Hesperides, 1/4 (baptized Aug. 24, 1591, London, …
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DRUMMOND (OF HAWTHORNDEN), WILLIAM — born Dec. 13, 1585, Hawthornden, near Edinburgh, Scot. died Dec. 4, 1649, Hawthornden first notable poet in Scotland to write …
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CAREW, THOMAS — born , 1594/95, West Wickham, Kent, Eng. died March 22, 1639/40, London English poet and first of the Cavalier song …
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BROME, RICHARD — born c. 1590 died c. 1652 English dramatist generally deemed the most considerable of the minor Jacobean playwrights. Nothing is …
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