Volpone and Other Plays
A European Literature, Classics, Plays book. I only read Volpone, as that was my assignment.
The three plays collected in this volume depict the faults, errors and foibles of ordinary people with exuberant humour, savage satire and acute observations. Volpone portrays a rich Venetian who pretends to be dying so that his despised acquaintances will flock to his bedside with extravagant gifts in hope of an inheritance. The Alchemist also deals with greed and gullibility, as a rascally trio of confidence tricksters, claiming to have the legendary Philosopher's Stone, fool a series of victims who are hoping to make some easy money. And in a wonderfully energetic portrait of Jacobean life, Bartholomew Fair shows a diverse group of Londoners sampling the delights and temptations of the Fair - and the traders, prostitutes and cutpurses who set out to exploit them.
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As absurd as it is insightful, VOLPONE moves at a brisk pace even when nothing in particular is happening. The first time I read it, I had trouble juggling the numerous characters. But eventually each takes a distinct voice: Voltore ("the Vulture) in his purposely ambiguous legalese and Corvino whose every word hangs on anxiety over... There is little point in me pretending to pour laborious, deliberate over these works, when all work by Ben Jonson is considered with dedicated, lifetime respect and admiration. The Alchemist's 'To the Reader' packs more of a genius, baroque punch, than 2014's combined publications in the New York Times, L Magazine, Moo-Cow House, New... I only read Volpone, as that was my assignment.
