The Alchemist - (Arden Early Modern Drama Guides) Annotated by Erin Julian & Helen Ostovich (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Introducing the history of the play's performance and reception plus major topics in current scholarship, this is a comprehensive guide to Ben Jonson's The Alchemist.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The eponymous alchemist of Ben Jonson's quick-fire comedy is a fraud: he cannot make gold, but he does make brilliant theatre. <i>The Alchemist </i>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"<i>The Alchemist, A Critical Reader</i> 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, <i>The Shakespeare Newsletter</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Erin Julian </b>is a Doctoral Student at McMaster University, Canada.<br><b><br>Helen Ostovich</b> 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 <i>Early Theatre</i>.</p>
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