John Webster, Renaissance dramatist /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Coleman, David, 1979-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010.
Series:Renaissance dramatists.
Subjects:
Webster, John, > 1580?-1625? > Criticism and interpretation.
Webster, John, > 1580?-1625?
1600-1699
Literature and society > England > History > 17th century.
Littérature et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Drama.
Literature and society
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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