Volpone [[electronic resource] ] : a critical guide / / edited by Matthew Steggle

• Pubblicazione: London, : Continuum, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Disciplina: 822.3
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SteggleMatthew
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Series Introduction; Timeline; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Critical Backstory; Chapter 2 Volpone on the Stage; Chapter 3 The State of the Art; Chapter 4 New Directions: Jonson's Literary Theatre: Volpone in Performance and Print (1606-1607); Chapter 5 New Directions: 'Live Free, . . . Rob Churches, . . . Lend me your Dwarf ': What's Funny about Volpone?; Chapter 6 New Directions: Ben Jonson and Imprisonment; Chapter 7 New Directions: Age and Ageing in Volpone; Chapter 8 Resources for Teaching and Studying Volpone; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: As perhaps the best-known and most-studied work in the canon of Shakespeare's leading contemporary rival, Ben Jonson's Volpone (1606) is a particularly important play for thinking about early modern drama as a whole. This guide offers students an introduction to its critical and performance history, including recent versions on stage and screen. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays presenting contrasting critical approaches focusing on literary intertextuality; performance studies; political history; and broader social
• Titolo autorizzato: Volpone
• ISBN: 1-4411-3978-8; 1-282-97763-6; 9786612977633; 1-4411-7442-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458896903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Continuum Renaissance drama.