A neo-classicist though Ben Jonson wrote in the time when romantic mode of literature was prevalent. Ben Jonson is called a neo-classicist because he followed the classical rules of drama: Every Man in His Humour, Every Man Out of His Humour. His comedies are known as 'Comedy of Humors'. His famous works are The Magnetic Lady, Volpone, The Silent Woman, The Alchemist, The Devil is an Ass etc. Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Website Lecture.