Volpone in context : biters bitten and fools fooled /

"Everything you need to know about the cultural contexts of 'Volpone'. The unremitting exposure of human vileness is black and bleak, redeemed perhaps by the eventual punishment of the wrongdoers in an outcome achieved more by luck than justice. This book provides detailed in-depth di...

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Main Author: Linley, Keith (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : bAnthem Press, an imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Company, 2016
Series:Anthem perspectives in literature
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505 8 |a Machine generated contents note: Introduction; About this book -- What is a context? -- Further Reading; Part I. The Inherited Past; Prologue: the setting; 1. The historical context; 2. The world order: from divinity to dust; 3. Sin, death and the prince of darkness; 4. The seven cardinal virtues; 5. Kingship; 6. Patriarchy, family authority and gender relationships; 7. Man in his place; 8. Images of disorder: the religious context; Part II. The Jacobean present; 9. Ben in context; 10. Literary context; 11. The political context; 12. The beast fable; 13. Transgressions and sins: the biters bit.14. The Venetian context: consumerism and cannibalism; Bibliography 
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