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Title: |
The Alchemist |
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| By (author): |
Ben Jonson Edited by: John Greenwood |
| ISBN10-13: |
1554813670 : 9781554813674 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
204 |
| Weight: |
.236 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - June 2020 |
| List Price: |
16.25 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
Qty Available: 93 |
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| The Alchemist has long been admired as one of Ben Jonsonâ s best dramas; its satiric cleverness and metatheatricality have delighted audiences from its first performance to the present day. Audiences are swept up in the schemes of a fake alchemist and other determined fraudsters whose scams appear to offer easy wealth and immortality. While no characters emerge unscathed by Jonsonâ s satire, and while alchemy itself is revealed as most likely a sham, the play is nonetheless a tribute to the transformativeâ indeed, the alchemicalâ powers of the theater. This edition features a helpful introduction to the play, thorough annotations, and contextual materials including a selection of Jonsonâ s sources, further materials on alchemy, and an example of â rogueâ or â coney-catchingâ literature. |
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