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This Revels Student Edition, with a carefully modernized text,
presents new material about "Volpone" 's debt to the popular
Reynard beast epic and Italian "commedia dell 'art" and discusses
its mockery of greed in relation to two Renaissance perversions of
the myth of a Golden Age. Referring to famous productions, it pays
particular attention to decisions that must be made whenever the
play is performed.
This is the most thoroughly investigated edition of "Volpone" to
date, based on a wider collation of the 1607 quarto and 1616 folio
versions than was previously possible. It calls into question
several accepted textual conclusions. The introduction sets
"Volpone" in the context of Jonson's career at the time of writing
and introduces new material on its relation to the Reynard beast
epic and the commedia dell' arte. Ambiguities in the play are
discussed with reference to two Renaissance perversions of the myth
of the Golden Age. Particular attention is paid to the rhythmic
effects of the play in performance, especially interweavings of the
main plot and subplot. Fresh suggestions are made about the play's
opening and its controversial conclusion in the light of
experiments that have been made in performance since "Volpone" 's
stage revival in 1921. The modernized text is accompanied by full
commentary, notes and illustrations. The appendices include a
discussion by John Cutts of the original music, passages translated
from the original sources and analogues, and a full record of the
play's modern stage history, its many adaptations, and its
transformations into opera, musical comedy, film and television.
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The Ascent (Paperback)
Aurora Dewater; Contributions by Phalanx Press; Brian Parker
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R423
Discovery Miles 4 230
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Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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Fireside (Paperback)
Aurora Dewater; Brian Parker
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R388
Discovery Miles 3 880
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Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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