Bentley, Gerald Eades, Shakespeare and Jonson. Their Reputations in the Seventeenth Century Compared, 2 vols., University of Chicago Press, 1945.

In this comparative study, Bentley focuses on the poetic skills of the two masters.

Eckhard, Auberlen, The Commonwealth of Wit: The Writer's Image and His Strategies of Self-Representation in Elizabethan Literature, Gunter Narr Verlag, 1984.

This work explores Jonson's expression of self in his works within the context of Elizabethan literature.

Levin, Harry, “An Introduction to Ben Jonson,” in Ben Jonson: A Collection of Critical Essays, edited by Jonas A. Barish, Prentice Hall, 1963, pp. 40-59.

Levin's introduction exposes some of the notable misunderstandings surrounding Jonson's work.

Riggs, David, Ben Jonson: A Life, Harvard University Press, 1989.

Riggs offers a comprehensive look at Jonson and the age in which he wrote.