Volpone and The Alchemist
Much-studied and frequently performed, these comedies by the great Elizabethan playwright Ben Johnson satirize the greed, mendacity, gullibility, and pretension of seventeenth-century London society. Both plays abound in colorful characters, ingenious plotting, biting wit, and sharp insight into human nature. In Volpone (1605), a crafty rich man attempts to augment his wealth by feigning a mortal illness. His wealthy neighbors, spying the opportunity for an inheritance, vie with each other in courting the dying” man's favor. The Alchemist (1610) comprises a likewise avaricious cast, headed by a butler and prostitute who join forces with a swi…
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- ISBN: 978-0-486-15364-3
- EAN: 0800759153640
- Produktnummer: 20499261
- Verlag: Dover Publications
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 727 KB
- Sonstiges: Ab 14 J.
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Ben Jonson
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