The Alchemist: A Critical Reader (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781441176257
• Artikelnr.: 39487542

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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