CourteousMaximus

From the page: " Jonson sought assiduously to play a great role on the public stage of his time, as a playwright, poet and general figure of literary renown, and he hoped that posterity would bring even greater glory. But by the 18th century it was Shakespeare whose imaginative works captivated the ­English-speaking world. As Donaldson wryly says, �oeFame, whose uncertainty Jonson had always recognized, had proved to be an erratic friend.” "