This edition brings together Jonson''s four great comedies Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair. The texts of these plays have all been newly edited for this volume, and are presented with modernized spelling. Stage directions have been added to help actors and directors reconstruct the play the way it would have been performed in the seventeenth century, and the introduction, notes, and glossary further bring to life these timeless comedies for the modern reader.
El dramaturgo inglés Ben Jonson (1572-1637) vino al mundo en un momento de gran eclosión teatral. Perteneciente a una familia acomodada venida a menos, tuvo que esforzarse durante toda su vida por recuperar una posicion social digna y por elevar la reputacion del arte dramatico en un momento de una vitalidad sin precedentes, en el que florecieron toda una pleyade de dramaturgos y actores que dejarian una huella indeleble.Volpone, o el Zorrro es una comedia que denuncia la debilidad humana y los extremos a los que puede llegar el afan de lucro. En el limitado espacio de un dia, la incesante actividad de Volpone y su parasito asombran y agotan al lector. Insaciables, no dejan de urdir tretas cada vez mas arriesgadas, para dar rienda suelta a su ingenio, a su sed de experiencias y a sus perversas inclinaciones. No se resignan, en fin, a un desenlace tranquilo.
Shakespeare’s nearest rival created in Volpone and The Alchemist hilarious portraits of cupidity and chicanery, while in Bartholomew Fair he portrays his fellow Londoners at their most festive—and mo
The Alchemist has been described as "the greatest farce in the English language." In this newly established edition, Ben Jonson's rich play offers intriguing insights info London life of the early seventeenth century. He satirises and celebrates the confusions and anarchy of a fast-moving city world populated by a fascinating array of diverse and devious characters. Cambridge Literature is a series of study texts which presents writing in the English-speaking world from the 16th century up to the present day. The series includes novels, drama, short stories, poetry, essays and other types of non-fiction. Each edition has the complete text with an appropriate glossary. The student will find in each volume a helpful introduction and a full section of resource notes encouraging active and imaginative study methods.
