Introduction: Jonson and Comedy
Introduction: Jonson and Comedy
The introductory chapter gives a preliminary reading of Act 1 scene 2 of Volpone, suggesting how it was often neglected by many early modern scholars. The phenomenon reflects the traditional tendency of reading the dramatist from a moral perspective. It discusses the concept of bastardy through plays such as The Merchant of Venice and Much Ado About Nothing. This chapter suggests that modern literary and cultural theories can help us understand Jonson in a different light.
Keywords: Volpone, Bastardy, The Marchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, Mikhail Bakhtin, Michel Foucault
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