Ben Jonson

Volpone (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: JH
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9788834132043
• Artikelnr.: 56907645

Autorenporträt

Ben Jonson (1572-1637) was an English dramatist and poet, whose reputation amongst playwrights of the period is only second only to Shakespeare's. Although Jonson found little success as an actor, his reputation as a dramatist was firmly established in 1598 with Every Man in his Humour. This sucess was followed by Every Man out of his Humour and the classically influenced satire Cynthia's Revels. Jonson wrote all of the major comedies upon which his reputation is now based during the period 1605 to 1614.

Inhaltsangabe

IntroductionPrefacePlot summaryAnalysis1. Historical and literary contexts2. Performance aspects of the text3. Critical interpretationsResources and annotated bibliographyA note on the textThe Play