Ben Jonson: The Alchemist
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Description: This Alchemy site offers an online text of one of Jonson's greatest comedies. The site is primarily a source of extensive information, bibliography and links related to alchemy.
The Alchemy web site on Levity.com Ben Jonson (1573-1637) was one of the foremost of the Jacobean dramatists. He wrote a number of plays (both comedies and tragedies) and a series of stylised masques for the Court. He had a keen eye for the follies of his contemporaries, and in this play he particularly satirises human gullibility. He displays considerable understanding of alchemy and makes many jokes based on its symbolism (and in two places even refers to Dee and Kelly). He obviously expected the audience for this play to have some knowledge of alchemical ideas. Jonson's
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| Date | Creation Date: 24-mar-1995 Expiration Date: 25-mar-2018 |