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  • 31Ben Jonson — Infobox Writer name = Ben Jonson caption = Ben Jonson by Abraham Blyenberch, 1617. birthdate = 11 June 1572 birthplace = Westminster, London, England deathdate = death date|1637|8|6|df=y deathplace = Westminster, London, England occupation =… …

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  • 32poet — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. writer, poemwriter, bard, versifier, dilettante, minstrel, troubadour, jongleur, verse maker, maker of verses, scribbler of verses, metrist, lyrist, parodist, author, lyricist, librettist, dramatic poet, dramatist, lyric… …

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  • 33Henry James Pye — (February 20, 1745 ndash; August 11, 1813) was an English poet. Pye was Poet Laureate from 1790 until his death. He was the first poet laureate to receive a fixed salary of £27 instead of the historic tierce of Canary wine (though it was still a… …

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  • 34War of the Theatres — The War of the Theatres is the name commonly applied to a controversy from the later Elizabethan theatre; Thomas Dekker termed it the Poetomachia . Because of an actual ban on satire in prose and verse publications in 1599 (the so called Bishops… …

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  • 35Boy player — is a common term for the adolescent males employed by Medieval and English Renaissance playing companies. Some boy players worked for the mainstream companies and performed the female roles, as women did not perform on the English stage in this… …

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  • 36Ben Jonson — Ben Jonson. Gemälde von Abraham Blyenberch um 1617. Ben Jonson, eigentlich Benjamin Jonson (* 11. Juni (unsicher) 1572 in London; † 6. August 1637 ebenda), war ein englischer Bühnenautor und Dichter …

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  • 37Benjamin Jonson — Ben Jonson. Gemälde von Abraham Blyenberch um 1617. Ben Jonson, eigentlich Benjamin Jonson (* 11. Juni 1572; † 6. August 1637), war ein englischer Bühnenautor und Dichter. Inhaltsverzeichnis …

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  • 38Poetry — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Poetry >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 poetry poetry poetics poesy Muse Calliope tuneful Nine Parnassus Helicon Pierides Pierian spring GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 versification versifica …

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  • 39poet — poet, versifier, rhymer, rhymester, poetaster, bard, minstrel, troubadour denote a composer who uses metrical or rhythmical language as his medium. Poet is used in a generic sense and in several highly specific senses. In its generic sense it… …

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  • 40ver|si|fi|er — «VUR suh FY uhr», noun. 1. a person who makes verses; poet. 2. = poetaster. (Cf. ↑poetaster) …

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