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Titolo: | Volpone [[electronic resource] ] : a critical guide / / edited by Matthew Steggle |
Pubblicazione: | London, : Continuum, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
Disciplina: | 822.3 |
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.: | 9910785302103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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