ISBN: 9781554813674 - the alchemist (broadview anthology of british literature edition) (18 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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.…

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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. The Alchemist has long been admired as one of Ben Jonsons 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 Jonsons satire, and while alchemy itself is revealed as most likely a sham, the play is nonetheless a tribute to the transformativeindeed, the alchemicalpowers of the theater. This edition features a helpful introduction to the play, thorough annotations, and contextual materials including a selection of Jonsons sources, further materials on alchemy, and an example of rogue or coney-catching literature. A clear and accessible edition of Jonsons renowned satirical comedy, including a helpful introduction, thorough notes, and contextual materials that situate the play in its cultural and literary contexts. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. The Alchemist has long been admired as one of Ben Jonson s best dramas. This edition includes an introduction to the play, offering discussion of its performance history and background information on alchemy. Thorough annotations to the text are also provid.

Paperback. Zustand: New. The Alchemist has long been admired as one of Ben Jonson's best dramas-Samuel Taylor Coleridge famously deemed it one of the most 'perfect' plots in literature. Its satiric cleverness and metatheatricality have delighted audiences from its first performance to the present day; readers and play-goers are swept up in the schemes of a fake alchemist and other determined fraudsters whose scams appear to offer easy wealth and immortality to their morally compromised victims. 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 includes a helpful introduction to the play, including discussion of its performance history and background information on alchemy. Thorough annotations to the text are also provided, as are contextual materials, including a selection of Jonson's sources, further materials on alchemy, and an example of the 'rogue' or 'coney-catching' literature that informs Jonson's portrayal of the grifters in the play.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Alchemist | Ben Jonson | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2020 | Broadview Press Ltd | EAN 9781554813674 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.