Volpone's bastards: theorising jonson's city comedy
Auteur :
Hui, Isaac
Éditeur :
Edinburgh University Press
ISBN :
9781474452496
Date de publication :
7 août 2019
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
300 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.