''Volpone'' in Context - Biters Bitten and Fools Fooled

Informationen zum Autor Poet, painter, teacher and academic, Keith Linley has lectured at university and given papers at conferences and book festivals on a range of literary subjects. Klappentext What would a Jacobean audience have made of this grim exposure of human greed? This guide to the various contexts that situate 'Volpone' in its time, explains the Christian ethics, the contemporary socio-political scene, the literary atmosphere and requirements of comedy that inform the background of this dark play. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; About this book - What is a context? - Further Reading; Part I. The Inherited Past; Prologue: the setting;1. The historical context; 2. The world order: from divinity to dust; 3. Sin, death and the prince of darkness; 4. The seven cardinal virtues; 5. Kingship; 6. Patriarchy, family authority and gender relationships; 7. Man in his place; 8. Images of disorder: the religious context; Part II. The Jacobean present; 9. Ben in context; 10. Literary context; 11. The political context; 12. The beast fable; 13. Transgressions and sins: the biters bit.14. The venetian context: consumerism and cannibalism; Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Keith Linley, Linley Keith
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781783085583
• ISBN: 978-1-78308-558-3
• No. of pages: 322
• Series: Anthem Perspectives in Literat; Anthem Perspectives in Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights