by Ben Jonson · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780510341572
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«Volpone» is the play by Ben Jonson, published by Benn in paperback (208 pages, in English).
Volpone, a Venetian nobleman, pretends to be on the verge of death so that his flatterers shower him with gifts and legacies. With this comedy set in Renaissance Italy, Ben Jonson satirizes greed, hypocrisy and corruption in a society obsessed with inheritance.
Edition edited by Philip Brockbank, published in the New Mermaids series. The comedy was written in 1606 and its original title was 'Volpone, or The Foxe: A Comedie'.
Recommended for students of English literature and for fans of classical theater and Renaissance satirical comedy.
Ben Jonson was an English actor, poet and playwright. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Fox, The Alchemist (1610), and Bartholomew Fair (1614), and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry. He is regarded as "the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I."
