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Author: John Webster Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780265738160 Category : Languages : en Pages : 282
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Excerpt from The White Devil As a student of Webster, I have been most fortunate. The earliest and greatest of my debts is to Professor F. P. Wilson, who super vised my first steps and provided a model of imaginative scholar ship; to acknowledge my indebtedness to him is an occasion for both thankfulness and humility. In succeeding years my colleagues, students, and friends at stratford-upon-avon and Birmingham have helped me in many ways, and from elsewhere Mr John Crow, Dr George Hunter, and Professor Fredson Bowers have most kindly come to my assistance. I am also indebted to Keble Plays, the dramatic society of my Oxford college, for the opportunity of producing The White Devil 5 I am most grateful to everyone who took part in that production. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Guy Newell Boothby Publisher: ISBN: 9781332537280 Category : Languages : en Pages : 310
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Excerpt from The Beautiful White Devil The night was sweltering hot, even for Hong Kong. The town clock had just chimed a quarter-past ten, and though the actual sound of the striking had died away, the vibration of the bells lingered for nearly half a minute on the murky stillness of the air. In spite of the exertions of the punkah coolie, the billiard-room of the Occidental Hotel was like the furnace-doors of Sheol. Benwell, of the Chinese Revenue cutter Y-Chang, and Peckle, of the English cruiser Tartaric, stripped nearly to the buff, were laboriously engaged upon a hundred up; while Maloney, of the San Francisco mail-boat, and I, George De Normanville, looked on, and encouraged them with sarcasms and utterly irrational advice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: John Webster Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780265738160 Category : Languages : en Pages : 282
Book Description
Excerpt from The White Devil As a student of Webster, I have been most fortunate. The earliest and greatest of my debts is to Professor F. P. Wilson, who super vised my first steps and provided a model of imaginative scholar ship; to acknowledge my indebtedness to him is an occasion for both thankfulness and humility. In succeeding years my colleagues, students, and friends at stratford-upon-avon and Birmingham have helped me in many ways, and from elsewhere Mr John Crow, Dr George Hunter, and Professor Fredson Bowers have most kindly come to my assistance. I am also indebted to Keble Plays, the dramatic society of my Oxford college, for the opportunity of producing The White Devil 5 I am most grateful to everyone who took part in that production. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: John Webster Publisher: ISBN: 9781330485040 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 472
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Excerpt from The White Devil and the Duchess of Malfy Since 1830, when Dyce put forth a complete edition of Webster, there has been published no edition of the playwright's two masterpieces, in critical text with adequate apparatus of introduction and annotation. Dyce, indeed, admirable editor as he was, left many difficult allusions unexplained, and, in modernizing his text, occasionally changed a meaning as well as a spelling or a stop. The present edition reverts to the original spelling, and seeks to note every variation of the slightest consequence occurring in the quartos. The Introduction discusses somewhat fully the dramatist's debt to his sources, essays to define the Shakespearean resemblance, and offers reasons for dating the plays within a narrower limit than has hitherto been accepted. In the Notes will be found comment on a number of points previously overlooked - some of these appear on pp. 190, 194, 201, 205, 388, 390, 392, 400 -but several allusions still remain obscure. I wish to offer my grateful acknowledgements to those who have given me assistance in the preparation of this volume, Mr. A. W. Pollard, Dr. Richard Garnett, Mr. P. A. Daniel, Mr. W. W. Greg, Professor George P. Baker, my colleague Professor Henry Stephenson, and most of all Mr. W. J. Craig. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Guy Boothby Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781724784520 Category : Languages : en Pages : 300
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The Beautiful White Devil Guy Boothby Get set for a rip-roaring romp around the world in Guy Newell Boothby's The Beautiful White Devil. Packing in plenty of action and romance, this novel follows the exploits of a beguiling criminal mastermind who steals the heart of the tale's protagonist. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Author: Matthew Beresford Publisher: Reaktion Books ISBN: 1780232055 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 264
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From Ovid’s Lycaon to Professor Lupin, from Teen Wolf to An American Werewolf in Paris, the lycanthrope, or werewolf, comes to us frequently on the page and the silver screen. These interpretations often display lycanthropy as a curse, with the afflicted person becoming an uncontrollable, feral beast during every full moon. But this is just one version of the werewolf—its origins can be traced back thousands of years to early prehistory, and everything from Iron Age bog bodies and Roman gods to people such as Joan of Arc, Adolf Hitler, and Sigmund Freud feature in its story. Exploring the role of this odd assortment of ideas and people in the myth, The White Devil tracks the development of the werewolf from its birth to the present day, seeking to understand why the wolf curse continues to hold a firm grip on the modern imagination. Combining early death and burial rites, mythology, folklore, archaeological evidence, and local superstitions, Matthew Beresford explains that the werewolf has long been present in the beliefs and mythology of the many cultures of Europe. He examines prehistoric wolf cults, the use of the wolf as a symbol of ancient Rome, medieval werewolf executions, and the eradication of wolves by authorities in England during the Anglo-Saxon period. He also surveys werewolf trials, medical explanations, and alleged sightings, as well as the instances in which lycanthropes appear in literature and film. With sixty illustrations of these often terrifying—but sometimes noble—beasts, The White Deviloffers a new understanding of the survival of the werewolf in European culture.
Author: John Webster Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780259879596 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 92
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Excerpt from The White Devil, or the Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Ursini, Duke of Brachiano: With the Life, and Death, of Vittoria Corombona, the Famous Venetian Curtizan Bra. Are we (0' happy ppm, Can't be Otherwife? Obfetu'd you not to night my honor'd Lord Which way fo etc you wenmhe threw her eyes, I haue dealt already w ith her chamber-maid Z web: the Moore, and (he is wondrous proud To be theagent for fo high a fpirtt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Justin Evans Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 0297867172 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 320
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Do you believe in ghosts? Fleeing expulsion and the death of a close friend, Andrew Taylor is sent to spend his final year at the prestigious public school Harrow. It is an eccentric place, a rambling ancient building filled with the sons of the rich and famous, and Andrew feels distinctly out of place Andrew bears a striking resemblance to Lord Byron, a former pupil of Harrow - and that is when the trouble begins. He senses a malevolent presence, and when a classmate dies, his fears become all too real. Then Andrew discovers some old letters hidden in a bricked-up basement, which hint at a secret history buried in the school's past. But what is the link between these letters and the strange events that are happening at the school now and is he also in danger?
Author: John Webster Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 236
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John Webster's The White Devil is a story of Passion and Revenge. "John Webster's first independent play, The White Devil, originally performed in 1612, centres on the beautiful Vittoria Corombona and her lover, Duke Brachiano, whose passionate, adulterous affair unleashes the powerful revenge of their enemies. While clearly guilty of lust and murder, these unsavoury characters become startlingly heroic under pressure, challenging both conventional moral judgements and oppressive social forces." This revised student edition contains a lengthy new introduction with background on the author, date and sources, theme, critical interpretation and stage history.
Author: John Webster
Author: Guy Newell Boothby
Author: John Webster
Author: John Webster
Author: John Webster
Author: Guy Boothby
Author: Guy Boothby
Author: Matthew Beresford
Author: John Webster
Author: Justin Evans
Author: John Webster