About this title: 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 ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton, NY
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780393900491ISBN:0393900495
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 1987 New Mermaids soft cover. Pages have light wear but lots of notes, uncreased spine, some edgewear with side edge scuffing. 129 p. New Mermaids. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Random House New Zealand Ltd
ISBN-13:9780510343064ISBN:0510343066
Description: Very Good. 0510343066 1971 Ernest Benn Limited; c1964; **4TH IMPRESSION; PB; Cover: shelf & edge wears, minor age grime/tanning, o/w great condition; Fore-edge: minor age grime/tanning; Content: bookstore mark, o/w clean, tight & unmarked; Ships Quick. read more
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: A & C Black, United Kingdom
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780713637540ISBN:0713637544
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight/ covers slightly scuffed and creased; moderate edge wear/ slight readers slant/ a few pages have margin notes and underlining. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Black, London
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780713627213ISBN:0713627212
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Notes on a few pages. (OC) xxx, 129p.; 20 cm. Originally published: London: Benn, 1983. Bibliography: pxxviii-xxx. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
"Don't read this play for a lesson in structure, but it's too complex to be snubbed for its flaws. I loved trying to keep track of the motifs: there's everything from fortune-telling to melancholy to an abundance of wolves and howling (even without the lycanthrope--no joke)."
"Had it not been in my syllabus I perhaps wouldn't have read it. It's a tragedy and I don't really like them. I don't understand why does everyone have to die in the end for a tragedy to be a tragedy!"
"It is lot more depraved that the White Devil and much less successful. It is one of those rare Jacobian tragedies where the women aren't the worst things ever. It works because of the title character who makes you believe why she would do something like marry beneath her station. Then literally all hell breaks loose, and we do mean hell. Her killer ironically becomes her avenger as depravity rules the stage. Why Webster is rarely staged amazes me, he would fit in with our modern films."
"A terrific play, I reread this one yearly. Mary and I saw a great production at the Guthrie Theater back in the nineties. Others have been strong but none so powerful as that incredible production.
The play afforded me a great moment in life, when on a train from Paris to Amsterdam, I met Claude Duneton, a Dutch writer who had finished his translation of Webster's "Duchess" into French and was returning home from his meeting with the publisher. Several months, perhaps a year, later, a copy of the newly published translation arrived in the mail, with an inscription from M. Duneton."
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