| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 254 pages) : illustrations. |
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data file rda |
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Arden early modern drama guides |
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Arden early modern drama.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; SERIES INTRODUCTION; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; TIMELINE; Introduction; Why a new book on The Alchemist?; CHAPTER ONE The Critical Backstory; CHAPTER TWO The Alchemist on the Stage:; CHAPTER THREE The State of the Art; Editions; The Alchemist in Jonson's career; Space and place; Time; Historical contexts: The Blackfriars in 1610; Historical contexts: Gender and masculinity; Histories of science; Histories of economics; Performance; Other approaches; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR New Directions:; CHAPTER FIVE New Directions: Staging Gender. |
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Masculinity in The AlchemistPerforming Women in The Alchemist; CHAPTER SIX New Directions:; Waste matters; Jonsonian shit: The scholarly heritage; Places of excrement; The backside of progress; CHAPTER SEVEN New Directions: Waiting for the End?; Alchemy; Apocalypse now and then; CHAPTER EIGHT Pedagogical Strategies and Web Resources; Learning through performance: Practical investigations; The Alchemist in the syllabus: Plays, poems and pamphlets; Further online resources: The spaces of London; Further online resources: Alchemy, science and knowledge; Locating images; NOTES. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. Alchemist.
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Alchemist (Jonson, Ben) (OCoLC)fst01911445
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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| Added Author |
Julian, Erin, 1985-
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Ostovich, Helen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781780938295 1780938292 |
| ISBN |
1441180591 (electronic bk.) |
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9781441180599 (electronic bk.) |
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