'Volpone' and 'The Alchemist' (Ben Jonson).

'Volpone' and 'The Alchemist' (Ben Jonson).
Authors: Morris Venables
Published on: 1970
Page Count: 110 pages
Print Type: BOOK
Categories: Literary Criticism
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Language: en
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... Volpone's house . Secondly , it advances the action by allowing Volpone to see Celia . Thirdly , it is thematically strengthening . Volpone the mountebank makes money by persuading people they can buy health . He works in disguise and ...

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