Epigrams and the Forest Kathleen J. Hancock the literary editor at the

the literary editor at the Independent

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or is their true impact delayed - perhaps by decades

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Epigrams and the Forest Kathleen J. Hancock the literary editor at theBen Jonson is overshadowed as a dramatist by Shakespeare, his great contemporary. As a poet, however, he stands high. His polished urbanity, direct expression and classicism have been especially valued in modern times. T. S. Eliot says Jonson "incorporated his erudition into his sensibility", creatively assimilating Horace, Martial and Juvenal into his poetry and hence into English literature. Richard Dutton's introduction illuminates the structure