Volpone - Couverture souple

Jonson, Ben

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1854591940 ISBN 13 : 9781854591944

Editeur : Nick Hern Books, 1995

Synopsis

Rare Book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Number ten in NHB's Drama Classics Series, providing the world's great drama at a great price.

The introduction to this edition of Volpone includes a short biography of Ben Johnson and chronology of his work; a guide to what happens in the play; a short history of the play its source material, form and context; a discussion of its themes and setting and the English renaissance and its theatre.

Pretending to be on his deathbed, Volpone dupes three men who hope to inherit his fortune into bestowing great gifts upon him. Encouraged by Volpone's servant, Mosca, the three go to extraordinary lengths to obtain their fools gold.

A merciless satire of greed and avarice Volpone remains Ben Jonson's most popular and most performed play.

Revue de presse :

Volpone is a play from the very beginning of the modern period, an era when old religious and ethical structures were being swept aside by a new kind of individualism: materialistic, grasping, and very much of this world. --The Scotsman

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Nick Hern Books
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1854591940
• ISBN 13: 9781854591944
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160