John Webster, Renaissance dramatist
David Coleman.
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (177 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - 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. - This introduction locates Webster's plays within the context of the culture from which they sprang. Examining the uncertain political, religious, and economic climate of Jacobean London, the book offers a guide to one of the most distinctive, yet most elusive, voices of Renaissance England.
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| ISBN | 9780748634644. - 9780748634651
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