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what genre of english literature did Ben Johnson write?

2007-06-23 07:08:45 · 4 answers · asked by Brian Y 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching

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Neo-classicism

2007-06-23 07:12:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Ben Jonson was a famous English Renaissance dramatist, but also a poet and an actor. He was Shakespeare's contemporary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jonson

He is not the same as Samuel Johnson, aka Dr. Johnson, the lexicographer; there's more than a century dividing them...

2007-06-23 08:54:52 · answer #2 · answered by ღ♥Goca♥ღ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

He wrote mainly poetry. He did put together a dictionary, so I guess he was a lexicographer as well.

2007-06-23 07:38:18 · answer #3 · answered by jack of all trades 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

WHY?

2007-06-24 09:54:25 · answer #4 · answered by wizkid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋