The Works of John Webster

Volume 1, the White Devil; The Duchess of Malfi: An Old-Spelling Critical Edition
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-521-03332-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 747 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1063 g

Reihe: The Works of John Webster

This is the first volume to appear in the Cambridge edition of the works of John Webster, beginning with the plays The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi. The following volume planned for publication will include the other plays as well as the poems and prose. While both The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi are available in modernized versions, the Cambridge edition incorporates the more recent editorial scholarship including valuable information on Webster’s biography, critical methods, and textual theory. In particular, the edition integrates theatrical aspects of the texts with their bibliographical and literary features in a way not previously attempted for a scholarly edition of a Jacobean dramatist. The edition also presents previously unpublished material including a fragment of an otherwise lost play and a hitherto unknown poem and provides a brief biography of Webster, a history of the Webster canon, and reception history for each play.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Webster, John

Gunby, D. C.

Gunby, David

Carnegie, David

Hammond, Antony

DelVecchio, Doreen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations; General Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; The Webster canon; Part I. General Introductions: 1. The life of John Webster; 2. General critical introduction; 3. General theatrical introduction; 4. General textual introduction; Part II. The White Devil; Date of the Play; Critical Introduction; Theatrical Introduction; Textual Introduction; The White Devil; Part III. The Duchess of Malfi.