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 will be 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 will be useful to a diverse assembly of students and scholars, offering fresh new ways into this challenging and fascinating play.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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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Series Introduction Notes on Contributors Timeline Introduction 1 The Critical Backstory DAVID BEVINGTON 2 The Alchemist on the Stage: Performance, Collaboration and Deviation ELIZABETH SCHAFER and EMMA COX 3 The State of the Art MATTHEW STEGGLE 4 New Directions: Space, Plague and Satire in Ben Jonson's The Alchemist MATHEW MARTIN 5 New Directions: Staging Gender IAN MCADAM AND JULIE SANDERS 6 New Directions: The Alchemist and the Lower Bodily Stratum BRUCE BOEHRER 7 New Directions: Waiting for the End? Alchemy and Apocalypse in The Alchemist MARK HOULAHAN 8 Pedagogical Strategies and Web Resources ERIN JULIAN and HELEN OSTOVICH Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Series Introduction Notes on Contributors Timeline Introduction 1 The Critical Backstory DAVID BEVINGTON 2 The Alchemist on the Stage: Performance, Collaboration and Deviation ELIZABETH SCHAFER and EMMA COX 3 The State of the Art MATTHEW STEGGLE 4 New Directions: Space, Plague and Satire in Ben Jonson's The Alchemist MATHEW MARTIN 5 New Directions: Staging Gender IAN MCADAM AND JULIE SANDERS 6 New Directions: The Alchemist and the Lower Bodily Stratum BRUCE BOEHRER 7 New Directions: Waiting for the End? Alchemy and Apocalypse in The Alchemist MARK HOULAHAN 8 Pedagogical Strategies and Web Resources ERIN JULIAN and HELEN OSTOVICH Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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