Ben Jonson's Volpone - A Satire?

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature grade: 10 University of Würzburg course: Hauptseminar: Early Modern Overreachers language: English abstract: It is a satire []David Bevington writes in his essay about Ben Jonson's Volpone and continues without sparing the question of the play's genre another thought. There is however no unanimous opinion on the matter as the ease with which Bevington comes to his conclusion would suggest. The play is too complex to be classified that quickly.