John Webster

John Webster
Author: Don D. Moore
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2012-10-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1134782985

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses on a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves.

The Nation

The Nation
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 540
Release: 1874
Genre: Current events
ISBN:

The Art of John Webster

The Art of John Webster
Author: Ralph Berry
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2016-01-29
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317311280

The Art of John Webster, first published in 1972, is a study of the three extant plays of Webster known to be solely his work. These plays are seen as attempts to achieve in literature the effects of the baroque, a term which related Webster to the larger developments of European art. Their content is analysed in terms of a consistent opposition between evil and the law. The book seeks to re-establish a base for the claims that must be made for Webster as a serious artist. This title will be of interest to students of literature and drama.

A History of Japan

A History of Japan
Author: James Murdoch
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 746
Release: 2022-02-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317854276

First published in 1903, this three volume set deals with the history of Japan from its origins to the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Drawing for the first time on Japanese, European and Latin sources, this classic text was the first comprehensive study of Japanese history in English, contributing to a new understanding of Japan by Westerners at the time. Available for the first time since the 1960s, this facsimile edition includes a biographical introduction of James Murdoch's life by D. C. S. Sissons. An important document in the history of Japanese studies, this book is an enduring work by an author who became Australia's first professor of Japanese.

Webster: The Duchess of Malfi

Webster: The Duchess of Malfi
Author: David Carnegie
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1137474475

The Duchess of Malfi is generally regarded as John Webster's finest play, a masterpiece of tragic depth and emotional complexity. The conflict between private love and public political behaviour for a passionate but circumscribed woman is as theatrically pertinent now as when first performed. This timely Handbook: - Examines the play's sources and its cultural context - Offers a detailed theatrical commentary that aids visualisation of the underlying dynamics and structure of the play in performance, and explores performance possibilities - Analyses influential productions on stage and screen, from when it was first performed by the actors of Shakespeare's theatre company, the King's Men, to the present day - Presents key critical debates and assessments of The Duchess of Malfi