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The Duchess of Malfi and Other Plays
John Webster
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Paperback. Editor(s): Weis, Rene. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
348g
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199539284
SKU
V9780199539284
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About John Webster
René Weis is Senior Lecturer in English at University College, London.
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