Did Robert Herrick Know and Respond to the Works of Ben Jonson?

        This one is almost too easy, and therein lies the problem--how to find a non-obvious relationship?  Herrick writes poems to Jonson, calls him his "father," and writes a poem that shares a Jonsonian aesthetic, "Delight in Disorder" and "Still to Be Neat."   Look for your thesis in evidence of changes between the older and younger poet's works.  As always, scholarly biographies would help establish the historical context for your introduction.

Author Riggs, David
Title Ben Jonson : a life / David Riggs
Pub. info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1989
LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
  Main Collection  826.3 J81Sr    
Author Chute, Marchette Gaylord, 1909-
Title Two gentle men; the lives of George Herbert and Robert Herrick
Pub. info. New York, Dutton, 1959
LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
  Main Collection  820.91 C56