Volpone - A critical guide

Zusatztext Matthew Steggle's collection of critical essays deals perspicaciously with many of the painful questions that linger about Ben Jonson's most popular play?Steggle's collection confirms the power and wit of Jonson's most enduring stage comedy. Informationen zum Autor Matthew Steggle is Reader in English at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He is editor of the ejournal Early Modern Literary Studies . Klappentext A comprehensive introduction to Ben Jonson's Volpone - introducing its critical history, performance history, current critical landscape and new directions in research on the play. Vorwort A comprehensive introduction to Ben Jonson's Volpone, introducing its critical history, performance history, current critical landscape and new directions in research on the play. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive introduction to Ben Jonson's Volpone, introducing its critical history, performance history, current critical landscape and new directions in research on the play. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series IntroductionVolpone Timeline Introduction The Critical Backstory Sam ThompsonPerformance History, Rebecca YearlingThe State of the Art: Robert C. Evans New Directions: Jonson's Literary Theater: Volpone in Performance and Print (1606-1607) James P. BednarzNew Directions: "Live Free, . . . Rob Churches, . . . Lend me your Dwarf": What's Funny about Volpone? Rick BowersNew Directions: Ben Jonson and Imprisonment Frances Teague New Directions: Age and Ageing in Volpone Stella Achilleos Resources for teaching and studying Volpone Matthew C. HansenBibliography Notes on ContributorsIndex

Product details

• Authors: Dr Matthew Steggle, Matthew Steggle, Matthew (EDT) Steggle
• Assisted by: Dr Matthew Steggle (Editor), Matthew Steggle (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.01.2011
• EAN: 9780826411532
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-1153-2
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Continuum Renaissance Drama; Arden Early Modern Drama Guides; Continuum Renaissance Drama; Continuum Renaissance Drama Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Italienisch, Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker