This is 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. As
perhaps the best-known and most-studied work in the canon of
Shakespeare's leading contemporary rival, Ben Jonson's "Volpone"
(1606) is a particularly important play for thinking about early
modern drama as a whole. This guide offers students an introduction
to its critical and performance history, including recent versions
on stage and screen. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major
areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays
presenting contrasting critical approaches focusing on literary
intertextuality; performance studies; political history; and
broader social history. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and
production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide
a basis for further individual research. "Continuum Renaissance
Drama" offers practical and accessible introductions to the
critical and performative contexts of key Elizabethan and Jacobean
plays. Each guide introduces the text's critical and performance
history but also provides students with an invaluable insight into
the landscape of current scholarly research through a keynote essay
on the state of the art and newly commissioned essays of fresh
research from different critical perspectives.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
