Ben Jonson, Volpone, and the Gunpowder Plot

Ben Jonson's 'Volpone' is the most widely taught and commonly performed English Renaissance play outside of Shakespeare. This book argues that the play alludes to the plot as openly as censorship will allow, using the traditional form of the beast fable.

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1. Verfasser: Dutton, Richard (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge u.a. Cambridge Univ. Press 2008
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Zusammenfassung:Ben Jonson's 'Volpone' is the most widely taught and commonly performed English Renaissance play outside of Shakespeare. This book argues that the play alludes to the plot as openly as censorship will allow, using the traditional form of the beast fable.
Beschreibung:XIII, 178 S.
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ISBN:9780521879545
978-0-521-87954-5