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The Duchess of Malfi

Author : John Webster
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book The Duchess of Malfi written by John Webster and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Webster was a later contemporary of Shakespeare, and The Duchess of Malfi, Webster’s best known play, is considered among the best of the period. It appears to have been first performed in 1612–13 at the Blackfriars before moving on to the larger and more famous Globe Theatre, and was later published in 1623. The play is loosely based on a real Duchess of Amalfi, a widow who marries beneath her station. On learning of this, her brothers become enraged and vow their revenge. Soon the intrigue, deceit, and murders begin. Marked by the period’s love of spectacular violence, each character exacts his revenge, and in turn suffers vengeance at the hands of others. Coming after Shakespeare’s equally sanguine Hamlet and Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy, Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi brings to a close the era of the great Senecan tragedies of blood and revenge. As the Jacobean period progressed, the spectacle became more violent and dark, reflecting the public’s growing dissatisfaction with the corruption of King James’ court.

The Duchess of Malfi

Author : John Webster
Publisher : Litres
ISBN 13 : 5040932642
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Duchess of Malfi written by John Webster and published by Litres. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Duchess of Malfi

Author : John Webster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
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Download or read book The Duchess of Malfi written by John Webster and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Webster's play "The Duchess of Malfi" is a violent play that presents a dark, disturbing portrait of the human condition... The title character is a widow with two brothers: Ferdinand and the Cardinal. In the play's opening act, the brothers try to persuade their sister not to seek a new husband. Her resistance to their wishes sets in motion a chain of secrecy, plotting, and violence. The relationship between Ferdinand and the Duchess is probably one of the most unsettling brother-sister relationships in literature. The play is full of both onstage killings and great lines. The title character is one of stage history's intriguing female characters; she is a woman whose desires lead her to defy familial pressure. Another fascinating and complex character is Bosola, who early in the play is enlisted to act as a spy. Overall, a compelling and well-written tragedy. --Michael J. Mazza at Amazon.com.

The Duchess of Malfi

Author : John Webster
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719043574
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book The Duchess of Malfi written by John Webster and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1997-06-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More widely studied and more frequently performed than ever before, John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi is here presented in an accessible and thoroughly up-to-date edition. Based on the Revels Plays text, the notes have been augmented to cast further light both on Webster's amazing dialogue and on the stage action. An entirely new introduction sets the tragedy in the context of pre-Civil War England and gives a revealing view of its imagery and dramatic action. From its well-documented early performances to the two productions seen in the West End of London in the 1995-96 season, a stage history gives an account of the play in performance. Students, actors, directors and theatre-goers will all find here a reappraisal of Webster's artistry in the greatest age of English theatre, which highlights why it has lived on stage with renewed force in the last decades of the twentieth century.

The White Devil and the Duchess of Malfy

Author : John Webster
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781017513981
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book The White Devil and the Duchess of Malfy written by John Webster and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Mystery of the Duchess of Malfi

Author : Barbara Banks Amendola
Publisher : Sutton Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780750928403
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book The Mystery of the Duchess of Malfi written by Barbara Banks Amendola and published by Sutton Pub Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces her tragic life, the controversy of her secret marriage to her servant lover, and the wrath of her wicked Cardinal brother, amid the culture of fifteenth century Italy.

The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Tragedy

Author : Emma Josephine Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521519373
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (215 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Tragedy written by Emma Josephine Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-12 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing the reader to important topics in English Renaissance tragedy, this Companion presents fresh readings of key texts.

The White Devil

Author : John Webster
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192834539
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book The White Devil written by John Webster and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 intelligence of a profoundly original playwright. Under the General Editorship of Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. In addition, there is detailed annotation, a glossary, and a critical introduction which traces Webster's artistic development, defends him against charges of overindulgence in violence, and explores his sophisticated staging and scenic forms.

The Duchess of Malfi

Author : John Webster
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Duchess of Malfi written by John Webster and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Duchess of Malfi" by John Webster. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Duchess of Malfi

Author : John Webster
Publisher : Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393923254
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book The Duchess of Malfi written by John Webster and published by Norton. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great English Renaissance tragedy--violent, powerful, unforgettable--in a freshly edited and annotated student edition.

The Duchess of Malfi

Author : John Webster
Publisher : Longman
ISBN 13 : 9780582817791
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book The Duchess of Malfi written by John Webster and published by Longman. This book was released on 2004 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-known of the Jacobean tragedies; an exemplary model of the tragedy of blood.

The Dynamics of Inheritance on the Shakespearean Stage

Author : Michelle M. Dowd
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107099773
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Dynamics of Inheritance on the Shakespearean Stage written by Michelle M. Dowd and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full-length study of the ways in which Shakespearean drama influenced and expanded notions of inheritance in early modern England.

Curs'd Example

Author : Joyce E. Peterson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Curs'd Example written by Joyce E. Peterson and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Duchess of Malfi

Author : Christina Luckyj
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441117687
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book The Duchess of Malfi written by Christina Luckyj and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-14 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Webster's classic revenge tragedy The Duchess of Malfi was first performed in 1613 and published in 1623. This guide offers students an introduction to its critical and performance history, including recent versions on stage and screen. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays presenting new critical positions that offer divergent perspectives on Webster's religio-political allegiances and the politics and gendering of secrecy in the play. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide a basis for further individual research.

Paradise Lost: Books XI and XII (1918)

Author : John Milton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradise Lost: Books XI and XII (1918) written by John Milton and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, The Broken Heart and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore

Author : John Ford
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 014139224X
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, The Broken Heart and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore written by John Ford and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These four plays, written during the reigns of James I and Charles I, took revenge tragedy in dark and ambiguous new directions. In The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil, John Webster explores the role of women and the problems of power, sex and corruption in the Italian court, creating two unforgettable anti-heroines. In The Broken Heart, John Ford questions the value of emotional repression as his characters attempt to subdue their desires and hatreds in ancient Greece. Finally, Ford's masterpiece 'Tis Pity She's a Whore explores the taboo theme of incest and forbidden lust in a daring reworking of Romeo and Juliet. Jane Kingsley-Smith has edited the plays from the earliest quartos and added invaluable editorial material, including explanatory glosses and a new introduction that discusses how the playwrights explored issues around women, sex, power and violence. JOHN WEBSTER was born in about 1578 in London. He studied law at the Middle Temple before embarking on a career in the theatre, collaborating on many plays with contemporary dramatists. But it was his two solo-authored tragedies, The White Devil (1612) and The Duchess of Malfi (1614), which sealed his reputation. He died in the 1630s. JOHN FORD was born in 1586 in Devon. His early career was wholly concerned with poetry and philosophical works, and it was not until the 1620s that he began collaborating on stage plays. In the late 1620s, he began writing alone, producing the eight plays on which his reputation would be based, including The Broken Heart (1620) and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (c.1630). Nothing more is known of Ford after the performance of his last play in 1638. JANE KINGSLEY-SMITH completed her PhD at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon and is the author of two monographs: Shakespeare's Drama of Exile (2003) and Cupid in Early Modern Literature and Culture (2010). She is a Reader at Roehampton University, London, and a regular guest speaker at Shakespeare's Globe.

The Duchess of Malfi

Author : Frank Kermode
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 0307769682
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Duchess of Malfi written by Frank Kermode and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2010-12-29 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited and with an Introduction by Frank Kermode A Woman Killed with Kindness by Thomas Heywood Volpone by Ben Jonson The Revenger’s Tragedy by Cyril Tourneur The Maid’s Tragedy by John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont A Chaste Maid in Cheapside by Thomas Middleton The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster The Changeling by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley The lyrical, bloodthirsty tragedies and witty urban comedies in this original collection were first performed during the reign of King James I (1603—25). Though nearly four centuries old, they display surprisingly modern sensibilities regarding sex, violence, morality, and honor. Brilliantly introduced and annotated by Frank Kermode, these seven Jacobean masterpieces are the finest and most representative plays of a time when drama was the most vital and important mirror of English society.