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The Alchemist: A Critical Reader
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Description for The Alchemist: A Critical Reader
Paperback. A Critical Reader. Series: Arden Early Modern Drama Guides. 272 pages. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 15. Weight: 292.
The eponymous alchemist of Ben Jonson’s quick-fire comedy is a fraud: he cannot make gold, but he does make brilliant theatre. The Alchemist is a masterpiece of wit and form about the self-delusions of greed and the theatricality of deception. This guide is useful to a diverse assembly of students and scholars, offering fresh new ways into this challenging and fascinating play.
The eponymous alchemist of Ben Jonson’s quick-fire comedy is a fraud: he cannot make gold, but he does make brilliant theatre. The Alchemist is a masterpiece of wit and form about the self-delusions of greed and the theatricality of deception. This guide is useful to a diverse assembly of students and scholars, offering fresh new ways into this challenging and fascinating play.
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780938295
SKU
V9781780938295
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About Paperback
Erin Julian is a Doctoral Student at McMaster University, Canada. Helen Ostovich is Professor of English at McMaster University, Canada. She is the editor of a number of editions of Ben Jonson's plays and founding editor of the journal Early Theatre.
Reviews for The Alchemist: A Critical Reader
The Alchemist, A Critical Reader is an excellent source for a teacher or researcher who is tackling the play and for the interested students who wish to carry their investigations of the play beyond the classroom lecture.
Kenneth Tucker, Murray State University, USA
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Kenneth Tucker, Murray State University, USA
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