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The Alchemist

Name: The Alchemist
Author: Ben Jonson
ISBN: 9781408132586

by Ben Jonson, Elizabeth Cook

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Overview

The Alchemist has been described as 'the greatest farce in the English language'. In this newly established edition, Ben Jonson's rich play offers intriguing insights into London life of the early seventeenth century. He satirises and celebrates the confusions and anarchy of a fast-moving city world populated by a fascinating array of diverse and devious characters.

Synopsis

This Cambridge Literature study text of Ben Jonson's play offers intriguing insights into London life of the early seventeenth century.

Booknews

Reprint of the Methuen edition published in 1967. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author, Ben Jonson

The editor, Elizabeth Cook, is the author of the fiction Achilles editor of Dekker and Middleton's The Roaring Girl for the New Mermaids and of the Oxford Authors' John Keats. She has lectured at the universities of Essex and Leeds.