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The Duchess of Malfi: A Norton Critical Edition - Norton Critical Editions
John Webster
The great English Renaissance tragedy—violent, powerful, unforgettable—in a freshly edited and annotated student edition.
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references.; This 'Norton Critical Edition' of John Webster's 1612-13 tragedy offers a newly edited and annotated text together with a full introduction and illustrative materials intended for student readers. The books themes of love, loyalty, and betrayal have resonated through the centuries, making this a perennially popular play with audiences and readers alike. Publisher Marketing: The Duchess of Malfi s themes of love, loyalty, and betrayal have resonated through the centuries, making this a perennially popular play with audiences and readers alike. This volume includes a generous selection of supporting materials, among them Webster s likely sources for the play (William Painter, George Whetstone, Simon Goulart, and Thomas Beard) as well as related works by Webster and George Wyther on widows, funerals, and memorializing death. A generous selection from Mark H. Curtis s classic essay, The Alienated Intellectuals of Early Stuart England, tells readers as much about the character of Bosola as it does about his creator. Henry Fitzgeffrey (1617) and Horatio Busino (1618) provide early responses to the play. Criticism is thematically organized to provide readers with a clear sense ofThe Duchess of Malfi s central themes of dramaturgy; the politics of family, court, and religion; and gender. Also included are essays on contemporary re-imaginings of the play and its critical reception over time. Contributors include Don D. Moore, J. L. Calderwood, Inga-Stina Ewbank, D. M. Bergeron, Christina Luckyj, B. Correll, D. C. Gunby, M. C. Bradbrook, Frank Whigham, Lee Bliss, Rowland Wymer, B. Chalk, Michael Cordner, Kathleen McCluskie, Theodora Jankowski, and Pascale Aebischer. A selected bibliography is also included "
Contributor Bio: Webster, John John Webster is Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen. He is the editor of the International Journal of Systematic Theology. Contributor Bio: Neill, Michael Michael Neill is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Auckland and Professor of Early Modern Literature at the University of Kent. He is the author of Issues of Death: Mortality and Identity in English Renaissance Tragedy and Putting History to the Question. His editions include Antony and Cleopatra and Othello for the Oxford Shakespeare, Middleton s The Changeling for New Mermaids, and Massinger s The Renegado for Arden Early Modern Drama.
| Mídia | Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura) |
| Lançado | 3 de agosto de 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780393923254 |
| Editoras | WW Norton & Co |
| Gênero | Cultural Region > British Isles |
| Páginas | 448 |
| Dimensões | 213 × 132 × 26 mm · 434 g |
| Idioma | Inglês |
| Editor | Neill, Michael (University of Kent) |
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