English Literature / Unit 7 ENL 0622 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Ben Jonson on Shakespeare
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The idea
In his poem for the First Folio, Ben Jonson praised Shakespeare as "Sweet Swan of Avon" and declared, "He was not of an age but for all time!" Jonson noted that Shakespeare had "small Latin and less Greek," yet outshone Kyd and "Marlowe's mighty line."
In practice
Not of an age, but for all time.
Where people slip
Jonson praises and qualifies at once.
Your place on the trail
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