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John Webster, Renaissance dramatist / David Coleman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coleman, David, 1979-
- Series:
- Renaissance dramatists.
- Renaissance dramatists
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature and society--England--History--17th century.
- Literature and society.
- Webster, John, 1580?-1625?.
- Webster, John.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (177 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-164) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7486-8700-9
- 1-282-94173-9
- 9786612941733
- 0-7486-3466-5
- OCLC:
- 703219635
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