{"product_id":"volpone-9780719051821","title":"Volpone","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBen Jonson's \u003cem\u003eVolpone\u003c\/em\u003e (1605) is one of the most famous comedies of early modern Europe, translated into many languages and frequently revived on stage. This student edition has a carefully modernised text, aimed at undergraduates, theatrical producers and actors of the play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe introduction presents new material about \u003cem\u003eVolpone\u003c\/em\u003e's debt to the popular Reynard beast epic and Italian \u003cem\u003ecommedia dell 'arte\u003c\/em\u003e, and discusses its mockery of greed in relation to two Renaissance perversions of the myth of a Golden Age. Referring to famous productions, it pays particular attention to decisions that must be made whenever the play is performed, particularly its interweaving of main plot and subplot, and the ambiguities of both the opening scene and the controversial conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStage directions are added whenever necessary, and commentary notes identify literary borrowings and elucidate contemporary references and difficulties of vocabulary. The emphasis throughout is on \u003cem\u003eVolpone\u003c\/em\u003e's theatrical liveliness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428431413484,"sku":"9780719051821","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780719051821.jpg?v=1774496725","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/volpone-9780719051821","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}