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Becky Yearling talks to Tom Harrison about early modern satire

Becky Yearling and Tom Harrison discuss early modern satire, a popular genre for the stage and page which achieved its greatest notoriety in the 1590s, when the Bishops’ Ban resulted in the censoring and burning of satirical texts. Becky and Tom look in particular at the works of John Marston and Ben Jonson, and discuss how these two writers exploited and innovated this messy and combative literary form.

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  • Becky Yearling
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