Selected Plays of John Webster - The White Devil, the Duchess of Malfi, the Devil''s Law Case

Informationen zum Autor The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek "love of wisdom." John has a lively curiosity that was fostered during his days studying philosophy at university. He embraces the saying, "Never stop learning." He grew up in Waterloo, Ontario, and his studies and work as a civil litigation lawyer have taken him to wonderful Canadian cities: Montreal, Kingston, Toronto, Oakville and Campbellville. John now lives in Kitchener, Ontario. You can often find him enjoying its trail system, whether along old rail lines, through a forest or along the Grand River. He's married to Sheila and has three adult children: Jeremy, Elise and Alex. John's enjoying life even more after the experiences he writes about in his book. Klappentext This volume includes freshly collated! fully annotated and cross-referenced texts of John Webster's three best-known plays. Zusammenfassung The continuing debate about John Webster's political! religious and philosophical attitudes! his formal skills and the importance of his plays for understanding the changing culture in which they were written! make him the most controversial of all Jacobean dramatists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; The White Devil; Introductory Note; Text; The Duchess of Malfi; Introductory Note; Text; The Devil's Law Case; Introductory Note; Text; Notes; Textual notes; Additional notes.

Product details

• Authors: J. Dollimore, Jonathan Dollimore, Jonathan Sinfield Dollimore, John Webster, Revd Prof. John Webster
• Assisted by: Jonathan Dollimore (Editor), Alan Sinfield (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.09.1983
• EAN: 9780521271035
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27103-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Cambridge Computer Science Tex
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies