Volpone: Or, the Fox

by Ben Jonson, Jonas Barish. (Editor)

Overview

2018 Reprint of 1958 Edition. Much-studied and frequently performed, this comedy by the great Elizabethan playwright Ben Jonson satirizes the greed, mendacity, gullibility, and pretension of seventeenth-century London society. In Volpone (1605), a crafty rich man attempts to augment his wealth by feigning a mortal illness. His wealthy neighbors, spying the opportunity for an inheritance, vie with each other in courting the "dying" man's favor. The play abounds in colorful characters, ingenious plotting, biting wit, and sharp insight into human nature. Edited by Jonas Barish.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781684222315
Publisher:	Martino Fine Books
Publication date:	07/09/2018
Pages:	126
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Brian Parker is Professor of English at Trinity College and the University of Toronto.

David Bevington is Phyllis Fay Horton Professor in the Humanities at the University of Chicago.

Table of Contents

Preface * Abbreviations * Introduction * The Text * The Play * Critical Appreciation * Stage History * 'Volpone, or The Fox' * Appendices * A. The Music (by John P. Cutts) * B. Source Materials and Analogues * C. Modern Productions and Adaptations * D. Collations of 1607 Quarto and 1616 Folio
Preface * Abbreviations * Introduction * The Text * The Play * Critical Appreciation * Stage History * 'Volpone, or The Fox' * Appendices * A. The Music (by John P. Cutts) * B. Source Materials and Analogues * C. Modern Productions and Adaptations * D. Collations of 1607 Quarto and 1616 Folio