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This student edition contains a lengthy Introduction with background on the author, date and sources, theme, critical interpretation and stage history.

Benjamin "Ben" Jonson was born in June, 1572.

In this new edition, the spelling has been modernized, the text updated, and a critical introduction has been added. It also contains helpful appendices and a commentary that explains difficult or significant passages.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

The Renaissance court masque, traditionally an entertainment of music, dancing, pageantry, and spectacular scenic effects, was transformed by Ben Jonson into a serious mode of literary expression.