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The Selected Plays of Ben Jonson: Volume 2The Alchemist, Bartholomew Fair, The New Inn, A Tale of a Tub\nAuthor(s): Ben Jonson, Martin Butler\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521318426, 978-0521318426\nSynopsis\nThis volume brings together four of Ben Jonson's plays, two of his major works - The Alchemist [tel] and Bartholomew Fair [tel] and two from his later oeuvre: The New Inn [tel] and A Tale of a Tub [tel]. The Alchemist is a major satire on folly and greed, brilliantly plotted and dazzling in its use of language. Bartholomew Fair, possibly Jonson's greatest achievement, reveals a panoramic depiction of London society. The New Inn and A Tale of a Tub suggest a different Jonson, exploring new forms and writing from a profoundly modified perspective. In The New Inn, a romantic comedy overlaid with an atmospheric melancholy and an ethical urgency, Jonson engages seriously for the first time .