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Volpone and Other Plays
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Volpone and Other Plays Paperback - 2004

by Jonson, Ben

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  • Title Volpone and Other Plays
  • Author Jonson, Ben
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 496
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, U.S.A.
  • Date 2004-12-28
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 11393813-6
  • ISBN 9780141441184 / 0141441186
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.76 x 5.12 x 0.89 in (19.71 x 13.00 x 2.26 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects English drama - 17th century, English drama (Comedy)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004275516
  • Dewey Decimal Code 822.3

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Summary

In this collection of plays, now with a new title, Ben Jonson created in Volpone and The Alchemist hilarious portraits of cupidity and chicanery, while in Bartholomew Fair he portrays his fellow Londoners at their most festive—and most bawdy

From the publisher

The three plays collected in this volume depict the faults, errors and foibles of ordinary people with exuberant humour, savage satire and acute observations. Volpone portrays a rich Venetian who pretends to be dying so that his despised acquaintances will flock to his bedside with extravagant gifts in hope of an inheritance. The Alchemist also deals with greed and gullibility, as a rascally trio of confidence tricksters, claiming to have the legendary Philosopher's Stone, fool a series of victims who are hoping to make some easy money. And in a wonderfully energetic portrait of Jacobean life, Bartholomew Fair shows a diverse group of Londoners sampling the delights and temptations of the Fair - and the traders, prostitutes and cutpurses who set out to exploit them.

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About the author

Ben Jonson was born in 1572, the posthumous son of a minister and was educated at Westminster School thanks to an unknown patron. In 1597, after brief careers as a bricklayer and soldier, he began to work for Henslowe's company as a player and playwright. In addition to the comedies Jonson also produced two tragedies. In 1616 he was granted a royal pension and was made, in effect, Poet Laureate. He died on 6 August 1637.

Michael Jamieson has taught at the University of Rome and the University of California. He has published a study of As You Like It and articles on Elizabethan acting and on modern theatres for Shakespeare.

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