{"product_id":"books-volpone-by-matthew-steggle","title":"Volpone","description":"This is a comprehensive introduction to Ben Jonson's Volpone - introducing its critical history, performance history, current critical landscape and new directions in research on the play. As perhaps the best-known and most-studied work in the canon of Shakespeare's leading contemporary rival, Ben Jonson's Volpone (1606) is a particularly important play for thinking about early modern drama as a whole. This guide offers students an introduction to its critical and performance history, including recent versions on stage and screen. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays presenting contrasting critical approaches focusing on literary intertextuality; performance studies; political history; and broader social history. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide a basis for further individual research.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53768704426257,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780826411532.jpg?v=1783946329","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-volpone-by-matthew-steggle","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}