Volpone's Bastards

Author	: Isaac Hui
Publisher	: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages	: 186
Release	: 2018-01-09
ISBN-10	: 9781474423489
ISBN-13	: 1474423485
Rating	: 4/5 (89 Downloads)

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Download or read book Volpone's Bastards written by Isaac Hui and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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