Author: Ben JonsonPublisher:
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Volpone, Or the Fox, a Comedy as Altered from Ben Jonson...
Author: Ben JonsonVolpone, Or, The Fox
Author: Ben JonsonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350115444
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Volpone, Or, The Fox is Ben Jonson's great parable of greed, self-interest and inheritance. Using animal fable to satirize the wealthy and the greedy, it remains one of his most distinctive and compelling dramatic works. Jonson wrote the play for performance in 1606, and orchestrated its publication the following year. In it, the wealthy Venetian Volpone pretends to be on his deathbed, encouraging Voltore, Corbaccio and Corvino-the vulture, raven and crow-to compete for his fortune. With unflinching harshness and biting humour, Jonson portrays a society damningly hollowed out by over-monetization. This edition has been prepared by leading textual expert, John Jowett. With incisive scholarship, he explores the play's craftsmanship and examines how theatre practitioners and critics engage with it. Detailed notes explicate an authoritative text and breathe new life into it for readers today. Arden Early Modern Drama editions offer the best in contemporary scholarship, providing a wealth of helpful and incisive commentary to guide the reader through a deeper understanding and appreciation of the play. This edition provides: A clear and authoritative text Detailed on-page commentary notes A comprehensive, illustrated introduction to the play's historical, cultural and performance contexts A bibliography of references and further reading
The Comedy of Every Man in His Humour, by Ben Jonson, as Altered by David Garrick, Esq. Adapted for Theatrical Representation, as Performed at the Theatres-royal Covent-Garden and Drury-Lane ... with the Biography of the Author; and a Critique, by R. Cumberland, Esq
Author: Ben JonsonEvery Man in His Humour
Author: Ben JonsonThe Alchemist
Author: Ben JonsonEpicoene
Author: Ben JonsonVolpone
Author: Ben JonsonPublisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1776677250
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
In this uproarious satire from Jacobean playwright Ben Jonson, the clever Venetian gentleman Volpone hatches an outrageous scheme to dupe a greedy trio of hangers-on who are after his fortune. A ragtag cast of characters, including a dwarf, a eunuch, and a hermaphrodite, get caught up in the plot along the way.
The Complete Works of Shakspere, Revised from the Original Editions. With Historical and Analytical Introductions to Each Play, Also Notes Explanatory and Critical, and a Life of the Poet. By J. O. Halliwell, and Other Eminent Commentators. (The Doubtful Plays of Shakspere ... Revised. Accompanied with ... Introductions ... and Notes ... by H. Tyrrell.).
Author: William ShakespeareThe complete works of Shakspere, with historical and analytical introductions to each play, also notes explanatory by J.O. Halliwell and other commentators, illustr. by portraits of actors of the age. [3 vols. With] The doubtful plays, with notes by H. Tyrrell
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Author: William ShakespeareVolpone
Author: Ben JonsonPublisher:
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This Revels Student Edition, with a carefully modernized text, presents new material about "Volpone" 's debt to the popular Reynard beast epic and Italian "commedia dell 'art" and discusses its mockery of greed in relation to two Renaissance perversions of the myth of a Golden Age. Referring to famous productions, it pays particular attention to decisions that must be made whenever the play is performed.