Alchemist: A Critical Reader, The (Arden Early Modern Drama Guides) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780938292 ISBN 13: 9781780938295

Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare, 2013

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Authors

Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at University of Sheffield Hallam. She has published numerous works on Shakespeare including her most recent work, Beginning Shakespeare (2005) and has written on film adaptations including Screening the Gothic. She is the Senior Editor of the online journal, Early Modern Literary Studies.

Erin Julian is a Doctoral Student at McMaster University, Canada.

Andrew Hiscock is Professor of English at Bangor University, UK.

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780938292
• ISBN 13: 9781780938295
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 274
• Editor: Julian Erin