Ebook: The Duchess of malfi: a critical guide
Author: Luckyj Christina, Barker Roberta, Borlik Todd, Webster John
- Tags: DRAMA--English Irish Scottish Welsh, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Criticism interpretation etc, Webster John -- 1580?-1625? -- Duchess of Malfi -- Criticism and interpretation, DRAMA -- English Irish Scottish Welsh, Duchess of Malfi (Webster John)
- Series: Continuum Renaissance drama
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- City: London;New York
- Language: English
- epub
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Series Introduction; Timeline; Introduction Christina Luckyj; CHAPTER ONE The Critical Backstory David Gunby; CHAPTER TWO The Duchess High and Low: A Performance History of The Duchess of Malfi Roberta Barker; CHAPTER THREE The State of the Art: Critical Approaches 2000-08 Dympna Callaghan; CHAPTER FOUR Staging Secret Interiors: The Duchess of Malfi as Inns of Court and Anticourt Drama Curtis Perry and Melissa Walter; CHAPTER FIVE The Duchess's Marriage in Contemporary Contexts Leah S. Marcus.;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.
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