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The Alchemist (Classic Illustrated Edition)
The Alchemist
In none of Ben Jonson's plays is Renaissance heroic humanism converted to comic reality more obviously and successfully than in The Alchemist. Here the aspiration of the Renaissance to control and remake the world is imaged as a great swindle, alchemy. Jonson parodies...
Alchemist
Complete and unabridged, with an introduction by Felix E. Schelling and a new timeline of the life and times of Ben Jonson, this elegantly designed, jacketed hardcover edition of The Alchemist is an essential collectible. First performed in 1610, The...
The Alchemist
The Alchemist is set during a plague epidemic in the Liberty of Blackfriars in 1610 - and was first performed on tour in 1610 by the company whose London home at Blackfriars was temporarily closed due to a plague epidemic. The play is a sublimely accomplished satirical...
The Alchemist (Large Print)
The greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of all the men of his time affected the subsequent course of English letters: such was Ben Jonson, and as such...
Ben Jonson: The Alchemist
The Alchemist
The Alchemist: Large Student Annotation Edition...
-Large A4 (8.5 x11") version of this classic set text.-Formatted with wide line-spacing, wide margins and extra notes pages between chapters, this is a must-have for serious literature students. -Ideal for organising your responses and analysis in one place and practising close...
The Alchemist
The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King's Men, it is generally considered Jonson's best and most characteristic comedy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge claimed that it had one of the three most perfect plots in literature. The...
The Alchemist
Jonson's comic masterpiece, recently revived at the National Theatre with Simon Callow in the title role.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist by Ben Jonson is a comedy play first performed in 1610 by the King's Men, it is generally considered Jonson's most characteristic comedy. Any profits generated from the sale of this book will go towards the Freeriver Community project, a project designed to promote...
The Alchemist Everything You Need to Catch Up, ...
York Notes Advanced offers a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced introduces...
The Alchemist (New Mermaid Anthology)
The Alchemist
In the vibrant and bustling streets of Jacobean London, where art, science, and ambition converge, Ben Jonson's comedy unfolds as a riotous tale of deception, greed, and the absurdity of human folly. Meet a motley crew of characters led by the cunning and charismatic Face, a...
The Alchemist
The greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who most potently of all the men of his time affected the subsequent course of English letters: such was Ben Jonson, and as such...
The Alchemist
The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King's Men, it is generally considered Jonson's best and most characteristic comedy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge claimed that it had one of the three most perfect plots in literature. The...
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