The Alchemist - Couverture souple

Jonson, Ben

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 041630480X ISBN 13 : 9780416304800

Editeur : Routledge, 1987

Synopsis

Peter Bement discusses critical readings in relation to the complexity of Jonson's attitudes to the theatre and to the effects of the play in performance. This edition also includes modern spelling and an account of the theory of alchemy.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English playwright, poet, actor, and literary critic of the 17th century, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours. He is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Fox (c. 1606), The Alchemist (1610) and Bartholomew Fair (1614) and for his lyric poetry; he is generally regarded as the second most important English playwright during the reign of James I after William Shakespeare. Jonson was a classically educated, well-read and cultured man of the English Renaissance with an appetite for controversy (personal and political, artistic and intellectual) whose cultural influence was of unparalleled breadth upon the playwrights and the poets of the Jacobean era (1603–1625) and of the Caroline era (1625–1642).

Présentation de l'éditeur

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 considered it had one of the three most perfect plots in literature. The play's clever fulfilment of the classical unities and vivid depiction of human folly have made it one of the few Renaissance plays (except the works of Shakespeare) with a continuing life on stage (except for a period of neglect during the Victorian era).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 041630480X
• ISBN 13: 9780416304800
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Éditeur: Bement P.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible