Author: Anthony E. Courtade
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The Structure of John Webster's Plays
Author: Anthony E. Courtade
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The Duchess of Malfi
Author: John Webster
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408138131
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
The Duchess of Malfi is one of the major tragedies of the early modern period and remains popular in the theatre as well as in the classroom. The story of the Duchess's secret marriage and the cruel revenge of her brothers has fascinated and appalled audiences for centuries. This new Arden edition offers readers a comprehensive, illustrated introduction to the play's historical, critical and performance history. The text is modernised and edited to the highest scholarly standards, with textual notes and commentary notes on the same page for ease of reference. This is the lead title in the launch of The Arden Early Modern Drama Series, a series which offers all the depth and quality of thinking long associated with the Arden. The edition will be valued by students, teachers and theatre professionals.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408138131
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
The Duchess of Malfi is one of the major tragedies of the early modern period and remains popular in the theatre as well as in the classroom. The story of the Duchess's secret marriage and the cruel revenge of her brothers has fascinated and appalled audiences for centuries. This new Arden edition offers readers a comprehensive, illustrated introduction to the play's historical, critical and performance history. The text is modernised and edited to the highest scholarly standards, with textual notes and commentary notes on the same page for ease of reference. This is the lead title in the launch of The Arden Early Modern Drama Series, a series which offers all the depth and quality of thinking long associated with the Arden. The edition will be valued by students, teachers and theatre professionals.
John Webster, Renaissance Dramatist
Author: David Coleman
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748634665
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Transgressive and darkly brilliant, the drama of John Webster has long been recognised as one of the crowning glories of the English Renaissance. But this apparently idiosyncratic individual, fascinated by insanity, corruption, and the macabre, was also a successful businessman, involved in trade networks beyond the theatre, and writing most of his plays in apparently amicable collaboration with a host of other dramatists. Such is the enigma of John Webster; caricatured as a pessimist obsessed with morbidity and death, Webster's true significance lies in his ability to perceive that the darkness at the heart of humanity must co-exist with the routine and the social interaction of everyday life. John Webster, Renaissance Dramatist locates Webster's remarkable plays within the context of the culture from which they sprang. Examining the uncertain political, religious, and economic climate of Jacobean London, this book offers a guide to one of the most distinctive, yet most elusive, voices of Renaissance England. Introducing readers to both the great tragedies, The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil, and the lesser-known works, this book explains why Webster has fascinated and horrified generations of critics and theatregoers, and argues that the relevance and resonance of Webster's drama continues to grow.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748634665
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Transgressive and darkly brilliant, the drama of John Webster has long been recognised as one of the crowning glories of the English Renaissance. But this apparently idiosyncratic individual, fascinated by insanity, corruption, and the macabre, was also a successful businessman, involved in trade networks beyond the theatre, and writing most of his plays in apparently amicable collaboration with a host of other dramatists. Such is the enigma of John Webster; caricatured as a pessimist obsessed with morbidity and death, Webster's true significance lies in his ability to perceive that the darkness at the heart of humanity must co-exist with the routine and the social interaction of everyday life. John Webster, Renaissance Dramatist locates Webster's remarkable plays within the context of the culture from which they sprang. Examining the uncertain political, religious, and economic climate of Jacobean London, this book offers a guide to one of the most distinctive, yet most elusive, voices of Renaissance England. Introducing readers to both the great tragedies, The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil, and the lesser-known works, this book explains why Webster has fascinated and horrified generations of critics and theatregoers, and argues that the relevance and resonance of Webster's drama continues to grow.
The White Devil
Author: John Webster
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781435315501
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781435315501
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
John Webster
Author: Elmer Edgar Stoll
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Play of Paradox
Author: Bryan Crockett
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512805491
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512805491
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Webster and Tourneur [4 plays] with an intr. and notes by J.A. Symonds. Unexpurgated ed
Author: John Webster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Women in Power in the Early Modern Drama
Author: Theodora A. Jankowski
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252062384
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252062384
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A Study Guide for John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi"
Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN: 1410344762
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A Study Guide for John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN: 1410344762
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A Study Guide for John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.
The World's Perspective
Author: Lee Bliss
Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description