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Ben Jonson's Patron, Esmé Stuart 本-琼森的赞助人埃斯梅-斯图亚特

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Ben Jonson Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-01 DOI: 10.3366/bjj.2024.0359

David M. Bergeron

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Transcending Justice, Transcending Human Control: Overarching Providence in Shakespeare's Comedies and Romances 超越正义，超越人类控制：莎士比亚喜剧和罗曼史中的总体天意

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Ben Jonson Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-01 DOI: 10.3366/bjj.2024.0362

David V. Urban

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Ben Jonson on Father Thomas Wright 本-琼森谈托马斯-赖特神父

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Ben Jonson Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-01 DOI: 10.3366/bjj.2024.0360

Victor Lenthe

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Female Silence and Poetic Authority in Jonson’s Volpone and Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure 琼森的《伏波涅》和莎士比亚的《度量衡》中的女性沉默与诗歌权威

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Ben Jonson Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-01 DOI: 10.3366/bjj.2024.0361

Suzanne M. Tartamella

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The English Renaissance Playwright’s Classical Encyclopedia: The Lectiones Antiquae of Caelius Rhodiginus as a Resource for Jonson and Chapman 英国文艺复兴时期剧作家的古典百科全书：凯利乌斯-罗迪基努斯（Caelius Rhodiginus）的 Lectiones Antiquae 是琼森和查普曼的资料来源

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Ben Jonson Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-01 DOI: 10.3366/bjj.2024.0364

Thomas Matthew Vozar

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Epicene and the Bearded Woman Saint 伊壁鸠鲁和大胡子女圣徒

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Ben Jonson Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-01 DOI: 10.3366/bjj.2024.0363

Brett Greatley-Hirsch

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