Author: John WebsterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Duchess of Malfi. The Devil's law-case
Author: John WebsterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Duchess of Malfi. Devil's law-case
Author: John WebsterThe Duchess of Malfi
Author: John WebsterPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719043574
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
More widely studied and more frequently performed than ever before, John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi is here presented in an accessible and thoroughly up-to-date edition. Based on the Revels Plays text, the notes have been augmented to cast further light both on Webster's amazing dialogue and on the stage action. An entirely new introduction sets the tragedy in the context of pre-Civil War England and gives a revealing view of its imagery and dramatic action. From its well-documented early performances to the two productions seen in the West End of London in the 1995-96 season, a stage history gives an account of the play in performance. Students, actors, directors and theatre-goers will all find here a reappraisal of Webster's artistry in the greatest age of English theatre, which highlights why it has lived on stage with renewed force in the last decades of the twentieth century.
The Devils Lawcase
Author: John WebsterThe Duchess of Malfi. Devil's law-case
Author: John WebsterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The White Devil
Author: John WebsterPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192834539
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
This volume offers John Webster's two great Jacobean tragedies, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, together with his brilliant tragicomedy, The Devil's Law-Case, and the comedy written with William Rowley, A Cure for a Cuckold. Webster is a radically and creatively experimental dramatist. His tragedies deploy shifting dramatic perspectives which counteract and challenge conventional moral judgements, while the predominantly gentler tone of his comedies and tragicomedies responds inventively to contemporary changes in dramatic taste and fashion. All four plays display the provocative intelligence of a profoundly original playwright. Under the General Editorship of Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. In addition, there is detailed annotation, a glossary, and a critical introduction which traces Webster's artistic development, defends him against charges of overindulgence in violence, and explores his sophisticated staging and scenic forms.
The Complete Works: The Duchess of Malfi. The Devil's law-case
Author: John Webster...Tragedies: The White Devil, The Duchess of Malfi, The Devil's Law Case
Author: John WebsterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tragedies
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Duchess of Malfi. Devil's law-case
Author: John WebsterSkull Beneath the Skin
Author: Charles R. ForkerPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809312795
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Webster was much possessed by death And saw the skull beneath the skin; And breastless creatures under ground Leaned backward with a lipless grin. These lines from T. S. Eliot’s "Whispers of Immortality” provide Charles R. Forker with the title for the most substantial and detailed examination of John Webster to date; they also identify a major theme--the love-death nexus in Renaissance drama and its special relevance to Webster. Forker summarizes what is known about Webster’s life and analyzes in detail not only the major plays but also the lesser ones. He examines The White Devil, The Duchess of Malfi, and The Devil’s Law-Case in context with the minor and collaborative works, tracing themes, stylistic features, and ideas through the entire Webster canon. One reviewer of the manuscript notes that "Forker is surely unrivalled as an authority on matters Websterian. His book treats Webster with an unhurried fullness and richness rarely accorded even to Shakespeare.” Another calls the book "Splendid. Readable and engaging.”