The Alchemist has long been admired as one of Ben Jonson'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 Jonson's satire, and while alchemy itself is revealed as most likely a sham, the play is nonetheless a tribute to the transformative-indeed, the alchemical-powers of the theater. This edition features a helpful introduction to the play, thorough annotations, and contextual materials including a selection of Jonson's sources, further materials on alchemy, and an example of "rogue" or "coney-catching" literature.
| ISBN: | 9781554813674 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 2020 |
| Author: | Ben Jonson |
| Publisher: | Broadview Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition |
| Genres: |
Classic and pre-20th century plays |
The Alchemist has long been admired as one of Ben Jonson'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.
The Alchemist features in the following genres: Classic and pre-20th century plays
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The Alchemist was written by Ben Jonson and published by Broadview Press
The Alchemist has 208 pages
Yes it is part of A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition series
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