Volpone; Or, the Fox

Ben Jonson

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 23. 10. 2013 - Počet stran: 152

Volpone (Italian for "sly fox") is a comedy by Ben Jonson first produced in 1606, drawing on elements of city comedy, black comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-performed play, and it is among the finest Jacobean Era comedies.

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Recenze od uživatele  - DanielSTJ - LibraryThing

This was my first Ben Jonson play. Admittingly, I did not think I was going to enjoy it. I am typically not the comedic type-- or so I thought. Yet, Jonson charms with his blank verse and the play ...

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Recenze od uživatele  - HadriantheBlind - LibraryThing

Riotous farce about money and greed. Ben Jonson is no Shakespeare, but he has quite a talent.

O autorovi

Born in 1572, Ben Jonson rejected his father's bricklaying trade and ran away from his apprenticeship to join the army. He returned to England in 1592, working as an actor and playwright. In 1598, he was tried for murder after killing another actor in a duel, and was briefly imprisoned. One of his first plays, Every Man Out of His Humor (1599) had fellow playwright William Shakespeare as a cast member. His success grew with such works as Volpone (1605) and The Alchemist (1610) and he was popular at court, frequently writing the Christmas masque. He is considered a very fine Elizabethan poet. In some anti-Stratfordian circles he is proposed as the true author of Shakespeare's plays, though this view is not widely accepted. Jonson was appointed London historian in 1628, but that same year, his life took a downward turn. He suffered a paralyzing stroke and lost favor at court after an argument with architect Inigo Jones and the death of King James I. Ben Jonson died on August 6, 1637.

Bibliografické údaje

• Název: Volpone; Or, the Fox
• Autor: Ben Jonson
• Spolupracovník: J. Brown
• Vydavatel: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013
• ISBN: 1493565869, 9781493565863
• Délka: Počet stran: 152