Ben Jonson: References & Edit History

Authoritative texts of Jonson’s major works can be found in Richard Harp (ed.), Ben Jonson’s Plays and Masques, 2nd ed. (2001). Biographies include Ian Donaldson, Ben Jonson: A Life (2011); W. David Kay, Ben Jonson: A Literary Life (1995); and David Riggs, Ben Jonson: A Life (1989). Several editions of essays attest to the state of Jonson studies near the turn of the 21st century: A.D. Cousins and Alison V. Scott (eds.), Ben Jonson and the Politics of Genre (2009); Richard Dutton (ed.), Ben Jonson (1999); Robert N. Watson (ed.), Critical Essays on Ben Jonson (1997); and James Hirsh (ed.), New Perspectives on Ben Jonson (1997). The stage history is dealt with in Martin Butler (ed.), Re-presenting Ben Jonson: Text, History, Performance (1999). Other useful texts include Julie Sanders (ed.), Ben Jonson in Context (2010); Julie Sanders, Kate Chedgzoy, and Susan Wiseman (eds.), Refashioning Ben Jonson: Gender, Politics, and the Jonsonian Canon (1998); Claude J. Summers and Ted-Larry Pebworth, Ben Jonson Revised (1999, rev. ed. of Ben Jonson); Richard Harp and Stanley Stewart (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson (2000); Harold Bloom (ed.), Ben Jonson: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (2002); James Loxley, The Complete Critical Guide to Ben Jonson (2002); and Sean McEvoy, Ben Jonson, Renaissance Dramatist (2008).