Volpone or The Fox Author:Ben Jonson, Alvin B. Kernan (editor) The comedy of Volpone, or The Fox, is one of Jonson's most popular plays and through the years has been a favorite of both theater-goers and readers... Jonson's view of human nature, his use of irony as a satiric technique, and the morality implicit in Volpone... are discussed in detail.