Volpone' in Context: Biters Bitten and Fools Fooled

Keith Linley

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.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Introduction
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PART I - THE INHERITED PAST
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Prologue
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1 - The Historical Context
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2 - The Elizabethan World Order: From Divinity to Dust
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3 - Sin, Death and the Prince of Darkness
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4 - The Seven Cardinal Virtues
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5 - Kingship
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6 - Patriarchy, Family Authority and Gender Relationships
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7 - Man in His Place
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8 - Images of Disorder: The Religious Context
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PART II - THE JACOBEAN PRESENT
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9 - Ben in Context
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10 - Literary Context
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11 - The Political Context
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12 - The Beast Fable
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13 - Transgressions and Sins: The Biters Bit
pp 267-294
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14 - The Venetian Context: Consumerism and Cannibalism
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Bibliography
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Index
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Biters Bitten and Fools Fooled

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Introduction
pp 1-6

PART I - THE INHERITED PAST
pp 7-8

Prologue
pp 9-16

1 - The Historical Context
pp 17-22

2 - The Elizabethan World Order: From Divinity to Dust
pp 23-68

3 - Sin, Death and the Prince of Darkness
pp 69-96

4 - The Seven Cardinal Virtues
pp 97-104

5 - Kingship
pp 105-122

6 - Patriarchy, Family Authority and Gender Relationships
pp 123-156

7 - Man in His Place
pp 157-164

8 - Images of Disorder: The Religious Context
pp 165-172

PART II - THE JACOBEAN PRESENT
pp 173-174

9 - Ben in Context
pp 175-186

10 - Literary Context
pp 187-220

11 - The Political Context
pp 221-258

12 - The Beast Fable
pp 259-266

13 - Transgressions and Sins: The Biters Bit
pp 267-294

14 - The Venetian Context: Consumerism and Cannibalism
pp 295-306

Bibliography
pp 307-310

Index
pp 311-316

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