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John Webster, Renaissance dramatist /

Transgressive and darkly brilliant, the drama of John Webster has long been recognised as one of the crowning glories of the English Renaissance. But this apparently idiosyncratic individual, fascinated by insanity, corruption, and the macabre, was also a successful businessman, involved in trade ne...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Coleman, David, 1979-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010.
Colección:Renaissance dramatists.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Prologue: Webster's Aesthetic Relativism; Chapter 1 A London Life; chapter 2 Textual Culture: Webster's Collaborative Drama; chapter 3 'Changeable Stuff': The White Devil; chapter 4 'Rich Tissue': The Duchess of Malfi; chapter 5 'Worthy Parts': The Devil's Law-Case; chapter 6 'Gleefully Savage': The Tragedies in Performance; Appendix: Responses to Selected Major Productions of Webster's Plays; Bibliography; Index.