Alchemist: A Critical Reader

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Del i serien Arden Early Modern Drama Guides

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Beskrivning

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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2013-03-28
Mått:130 x 196 x 16 mm
Vikt:300 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Arden Early Modern Drama Guides
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781780938295

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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.

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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.

Innehållsförteckning

Series IntroductionNotes on Contributors TimelineIntroduction 1 The Critical Backstory DAVID BEVINGTON 2 The Alchemist on the Stage: Performance,Collaboration and Deviation ELIZABETH SCHAFERand EMMA COX 3 The State of the Art MATTHEW STEGGLE 4 New Directions: Space, Plague and Satire inBen Jonson’s The Alchemist MATHEW MARTIN 5 New Directions: Staging Gender IAN MCADAM ANDJULIE SANDERS 6 New Directions: The Alchemist and the Lower BodilyStratum BRUCE BOEHRER 7 New Directions: Waiting for the End? Alchemy andApocalypse in The Alchemist MARK HOULAHAN 8 Pedagogical Strategies and Web ResourcesERIN JULIAN and HELEN OSTOVICH NotesSelected BibliographyIndex