{"id":60,"date":"2017-01-31T00:32:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T00:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/poeticskewels3050\/?p=60"},"modified":"2017-01-31T00:32:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T00:32:48","slug":"sons-of-ben-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/poeticskewels3050\/sons-of-ben-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Sons of Ben Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sons of Ben (Research)<\/p>\n<p>Katie Gallamore<\/p>\n<p>Professor Teresa Saxton<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>followers of Ben Jonson\u2019s English poetry and drama<\/li>\n<li>first half of the 17th century<\/li>\n<li>all male followers<\/li>\n<li>they followed his philosophies and style of poetry<\/li>\n<li>however, unlike Jonson, they were loyal to the king<\/li>\n<li>the term \u201cSons of Ben\u201d most commonly referred to dramatists who were outspokenly influenced by Jonson\u2019s dramas<\/li>\n<li>there are eleven known members of the group: Richard Brome, Thomas Nabbles, Henry Glapthorne, Thomas Killigrew, Sir William Davenant, William Cartwright, Shackerely Marmion, Jasper Mayne, Peter Hausted, Thomas Randolph, and William Cavendish<\/li>\n<li>the term \u201cTribe of Ben\u201d applied to Cavalier poets who were influenced by Jonson\u2019s poetry including: Robert Herrick, Sir John Suckling, Richard Lovelace, and Thomas Carew<\/li>\n<li>the group, led by Jonson, convened at various taverns in London, especially the Apollo Room in the <i>Devil\u2019s Head <\/i>and the <i>Mermaid Tavern\u00a0<\/i><\/li>\n<li>The \u201cRules of Conviviality\u201d were the rules Jonson laid down for the group to follow<\/li>\n<li>Ben Jonson was a Cavalier poet<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCavalier poets is a broad description of a school of English poets of the 17th century, who came from the classes that supported King Charles I during the English Civil War. Much of their poetry is light in style, and generally secular in subject. They were marked out by their lifestyle and religion from the Roundheads, who supported Parliament and were often Puritans (either Presbyterians or Independents).The best known of the Cavalier poets are Ben Jonson, Robert Herrick, Richard Lovelace, Thomas Carew, and Sir John Suckling.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Jonson was friends with many of the writers of his day, and many of his most well-known poems include tributes to friends such as Shakespeare, John Donne\u00a0and Francis Bacon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ben Jonson.&#8221; Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2017. &lt;https:\/\/www.poets.org\/poetsorg\/poet\/ben-jonson&gt;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ben Jonson (1572-1637).&#8221; Ben Jonson (1572-1637). N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2017. &lt;http:\/\/www.luminarium.org\/sevenlit\/jonson\/&gt;.<\/p>\n<p>The Editors of Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica. &#8220;Cavalier Poet.&#8221; Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica. Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica, Inc., 20 July 1998. Web. 30 Jan. 2017. &lt;https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Cavalier-poets&gt;.<\/p>\n<p>Tinker. &#8220;17th Century Poetic Movements &#8211; Trailblazers, Poetic Movements.&#8221; Poetry Magnum Opus. N.p., 11 Feb. 2011. Web. 30 Jan. 2017. &lt;http:\/\/www.poetrymagnumopus.com\/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F2331-17th-century-poetic-movements%2F&gt;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sons of Ben (Research) Katie Gallamore Professor Teresa Saxton followers of Ben Jonson\u2019s English poetry and drama first half of the 17th century all male followers they followed his philosophies and style of poetry however, unlike Jonson, they were loyal to the king the term \u201cSons of Ben\u201d most commonly referred to dramatists who were &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/poeticskewels3050\/sons-of-ben-research\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sons of Ben Research<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2464,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/poeticskewels3050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/poeticskewels3050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/poeticskewels3050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/poeticskewels3050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2464"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/poeticskewels3050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/poeticskewels3050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/poeticskewels3050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/poeticskewels3050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/poeticskewels3050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}