Introduction: Immortal Ben Jonson
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 September 2020
Summary
In the biographical materials included in the first volume of the Oxford edition of Ben Jonson (1925–52) are some reminiscences entitled Memorandums of the Immortal Ben. Based on early handwritten marginalia found in a copy of the 1674 quarto of Catiline, these purport to be an account of Jonson’s writing habits, in his own voice.
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- Ben Jonson and PosterityReception, Reputation, Legacy, pp. 1 - 22Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020