About this title: 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 ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2009-06-22
ISBN-13:9780199539284ISBN:0199539286
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780199539284ISBN:0199539286
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 196x129 mm. (480) 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. all four plays display the provocative intelligence of a profoundly original playwright. a critical introduction defends webster against charges of over-indulgence in violence, and explores his sophisticated staging and ... read more
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