Volpone's bastards: theorising Jonson's city comedy

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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1. Verfasser: Hui, Isaac (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2018
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Zusammenfassung: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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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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ISBN:9781474423489

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