Volpone's bastards : theorising Jonson's city comedy / Isaac Hui.
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TextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (v, 186 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9781474423489
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- Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. Volpone -- Criticism and interpretation
- Volpone (Jonson, Ben)
- Jonson, Ben 1572-1637 Volpone, or the foxe
- English drama (Comedy) -- 17th century -- History and criticism
- Illegitimacy in literature
- Comédie anglaise -- 17e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Filiation naturelle dans la littérature
- DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Direction & Production
- English drama (Comedy)
- Illegitimacy in literature
- 1600-1699
- 822/.309 23
- PR2622 .H85 2018eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Jonson and comedy -- 'For pleasing imitation of greater men's action': Nano the Anamorphic Ape -- 'Think me cold, frozen, and impotent, and so report me?': Volpone and his 'castrone' complex -- 'The case appears too liquid': the two sides of androgyno -- 'I fear I shall begin to grow in love with my dear self': the parasite and his 'mirror stage' -- Jonson's comedy of bastardy -- Conclusion: 'fools, they are the only nation': rereading the interlude and beyond.
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Through studying Volpone's three bastard children, this book discusses how Jonson's comedies are built upon the tension between death, castration and nothingness on one hand, and the comic slippage of identities in the city on the other.
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