The Duchess of Malfi

The Duchess of Malfi is one of the major tragedies of theearly modern period and remains popular in the theatre as well as inthe classroom. The story of the Duchess''s secret marriage and the cruelrevenge of her brothers has fascinated and appalled audiences forcenturies. This new Arden edition offers readers a comprehensive, illustratedintroduction to the play''s historical, critical and performancehistory. The text is modernised and edited to the highest scholarlystandards, with textual notes and commentary notes on the same page forease of reference. This is the lead title in the launch of The Arden Early ModernDrama Series, a series which offers all the depth and quality ofthinking long associated with the Arden. The edition will be valued bystudents, teachers and theatre professionals.

Product details

• Authors: John Fletcher, Leah Marcus, John Webster, Revd Prof. John Webster
• Assisted by: Suzanne Gossett (Editor), John Jowett (Editor), Leah Marcus (Editor), Leah S. Marcus (Editor), Prof. Leah Marcus (Editor), Gordon Mcmullan (Editor)
• Publisher: Arden shakespeare
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.09.2009
• EAN: 9781408119488
• ISBN: 978-1-4081-1948-8
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 208 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Arden Early Modern Drama; Arden Early Modern Drama; Bloomsbury 3PL
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies