Jonson, the Poetomachia, and the Reformation of Renaissance Satire: Purging Satire

Jay Simons received his PhD in English, with a specialty in British Renaissance literature, from Southern Illinois University in 2013. The same year, his article entitled ＂Stinging, Barking, Biting, Purging: Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair and the Debate on Satire in the Poetomachia＂ was published in the Ben Jonson Journal. He is currently an adjunct professor at Jefferson Community & Technical College.