Get Lit Episode 269: Ben Jonson
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English - May 22, 2024 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsBooks Arts Education american literature literary history author history educational comedy education comedy english Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This week, we examine Shakespeare's contemporary and friend and rival? Ben Jonson! Jonson was a poet, playwright, and general scallywag who bounced back and forth between success and failure. His works are largely considered to be some of the best of the age, and while his stories may not be as well known as Shakespeare, his legacy is one worth hearing about... if anything, for the prison stories!