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Author : Ben Jonson
language : en
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Release Date : 2020-03-09

Volpone The Alchemist And Other Plays written by Ben Jonson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-09 with Drama categories.

Benjamin Jonson was a Renaissance dramatist, poet, and actor, known best for his satirical plays and lyric poems. Jonson focused on creating works that implemented elements of the realistic as well as the absurd. Jonson's most performed play, and the one that sparked a period of great success for the playwright, is "Volpone, or The Fox". Volpone, a Venetian con artist, is feigning to be on his death bed, pitting several aspirant heirs against one another. The dark comedy is as much serious as it is amusing, exposing the audience to greedy, corrupt characters that at first seem absurdly fictional, but who ultimately reveal a number of societal flaws. Also included in the is collection are "The Alchemist", a comedy which relates the fraudulent enterprise of a butler when left in charge of his master's house who has fled to the country during an outbreak of the plague; "The Epicoene", which concerns the farcical scheme of Dauphine to get his inheritance from his uncle; and "Bartholomew Fair", the comedic tale of a plot to win the widow Dame Purecraft from the hypocritical Puritan Zeal-of-the-Land Busy. All together this collection presents Jonson's most admired and often performed works. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

Alchemist And Other Plays

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Author : Ben Jonson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1998

Alchemist And Other Plays written by Ben Jonson and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with British drama categories.

This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair. The texts of these plays have all been newly edited for this volume, and are presented with modernized spelling. Stage directions have been added to help actors and directors reconstruct the play the way it would have been performed in the seventeenth century, and the introduction, notes, and glossary further bring to life these timeless comedies for the modern reader.

Volpone And The Alchemist

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Author : Ben Jonson
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-12-27

Volpone And The Alchemist written by Ben Jonson and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-27 with Drama categories.

These much-studied and frequently performed comedies by the great Elizabethan playwright satirize the greed, mendacity, gullibility, and pretension that Jonson saw rampant in 17th-century London society.

The Alchemist And Other Plays

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Author : Ben Jonson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Release Date : 2008-09-11

The Alchemist And Other Plays written by Ben Jonson and has been published by Oxford Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-11 with Drama categories.

This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies in one volume. Volpone, which was first performed in 1606, dramatizes the corrupting nature of greed in an exuberant satire set in contemporary Venice. The first production of Epicene marked the end of a year long closure of the theatres because of an epidemic of the plague in 1609; its comedy affirms the consolatory power of laughter at such a time. The Alchemist (1610) deploys the metaphors of alchemical transformation to emphasize the mutability of the characters and their relationships. In Bartholomew Fair (1614) Jonson embroils the visitors to the fair in its myriad tempations, exposing the materialistic impulses beneath the apparent godliness of Jacobean Puritans. Under the General Editorship of Michael Cordner of the University of York the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. Stage directions hvae been added to facilitate the reconstruction of the plays' performance, and there is a scholarly introduction, detailed annotation, and a glossary. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The Alchemist In Volpone And Other Plays Edited With An Introduction And Notes By Michael Jamieson Penguin Classics

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language : en
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Release Date : 2004

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Volpone And Other Plays

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Author : Ben Jonson
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2004-04-29

Volpone And Other Plays written by Ben Jonson and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-29 with Drama categories.

The three plays collected in this volume depict the faults, errors and foibles of ordinary people with exuberant humour, savage satire and acute observations. Volpone portrays a rich Venetian who pretends to be dying so that his despised acquaintances will flock to his bedside with extravagant gifts in hope of an inheritance. The Alchemist also deals with greed and gullibility, as a rascally trio of confidence tricksters, claiming to have the legendary Philosopher's Stone, fool a series of victims who are hoping to make some easy money. And in a wonderfully energetic portrait of Jacobean life, Bartholomew Fair shows a diverse group of Londoners sampling the delights and temptations of the Fair - and the traders, prostitutes and cutpurses who set out to exploit them.

Volpone Or The Fox

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Author : Ben Jonson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1995

Volpone Or The Fox written by Ben Jonson and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Comedies categories.

This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair. The texts of these plays have all been newly edited for this volume, and are presented with modernized spelling. Stage directions have been added to help actors and directors reconstruct the play the way it would have been performed in the seventeenth century, and the introduction, notes, and glossary further bring to life these timeless comedies for the modern reader.

Volpone Or The Fox Epicoene Or The Silent Woman The Alchemist Catiline

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Author : Ben Jonson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937

Volpone Or The Fox Epicoene Or The Silent Woman The Alchemist Catiline written by Ben Jonson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with categories.

Volpone Or The Fox

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language : en
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Release Date : 1937

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The Alchemist

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Author : Ben Jonson
language : en
Publisher: The Floating Press
Release Date : 2009-01-01

The Alchemist written by Ben Jonson and has been published by The Floating Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Drama categories.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge said of Ben Jonson's The Alchemist that it had one out of the three most perfect plots in literature. This play, with its sharp portrayal of human folly, is considered by many to be Jonson's best comedy. First performed 1610, its popularity has endured to this day.