John Webster : the critical heritage /

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses on a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Moore, Don
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1981.
Colección:Critical heritage series.
Temas:
Webster, John, > 1580?-1625? > Criticism and interpretation.
Webster, John, > 1580?-1625?
English literature.
Littérature anglaise.
English literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Webster on 'The white devil', 1612
  • 2. Webster's view of 'The duchess of Malfi', 1623
  • 3. The dedication of 'The devil's law case', 1623
  • 4. Three poems for 'The duchess', 1623
  • 5. Fitzjeffrey's portrait of Webster, 1617
  • 6. An Italian envoy comments on 'The duchess', 1618
  • 7. Abraham Wright's commonplace book, c. 1650
  • 8. Singular praise from Samuel Sheppard, 1651
  • 9. Samuel Pepys on Webster, 1661, 1662, 1666, 1668, 1669
  • 10. Langbaine's Webster, 1691
  • 11. On the failure of birth control in 'The duchess of Malfi' and 'Henry VIII', 1698
  • 12. Nahum Tate rewrites 'The white devil', 1707
  • 13. Lewis Theobald rewrites 'The duchess of Malfi', 1733
  • 14. Charles Lamb : Webster reclaimed, 1808
  • 15. Reactions to Lamb, 1809
  • 16. Nathan Drake ranks the Elizabethans, 1817
  • 17. 'Blackwood's' reviews Webster, 1818
  • 18. Campbell refutes Lamb, 1819
  • 19. Hazlitt on Webster, 1819, 1826
  • 20. Lord Byron resists but reads, 1820, 1821
  • 21. Shelley's tastes, c. 1820
  • 22. 'Barry Cornwall' on Webster, 1823
  • 23. Dyce's introduction to Webster, 1830
  • 24. George Darley writes of Webster, 1831
  • 25. The 'Gentleman's magazine' considers Webster, 1833
  • 26. A historian's Webster, 1839
  • 27. The student's Webster, 1848
  • 28. 'The duchess of Malfi' on stage, 1850
  • 29. Isabella Glyn tours as the duchess, 1852-68
  • 30. 'The duchess' in the USA, 1857-9
  • 31. The canon fires, 1856
  • 32. Webster on the American lecture circuit, 1859
  • 33. J.A. Symonds in the 'Cornhill magazine', 1865
  • 34. William Minto on Webster as dramatist, 1874
  • 35. Ward's 'history', 1875
  • 36. Swinburne on Webster, 1882, 1886
  • 37. James Russell Lowell lectures, 1887
  • 38. Saintsbury's survey, 1887
  • 39. J.A. Symonds on Webster, 1888
  • 40. The typical Webster, 1892
  • 41. 'The duchess of Malfi' in London, 1892
  • 42. Archer attacks, 1893
  • 43. William Poel defends Webster, 1893
  • 44. A traditionalist protests, 1893
  • 45. Gosse on Webster's 'tragic poem', 1894
  • 46. Webster in the 'DNB', 1899.

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