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Zusatztext 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. Informationen zum Autor 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 . Klappentext 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.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 . Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
