A Study Guide for John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi"

A Study Guide for John Webster's
Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2016
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1410344762

A Study Guide for John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.

The Duchess of Malfi

The Duchess of Malfi
Author: John Webster
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1997-06-15
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780719043574

More widely studied and more frequently performed than ever before, John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi is here presented in an accessible and thoroughly up-to-date edition. Based on the Revels Plays text, the notes have been augmented to cast further light both on Webster's amazing dialogue and on the stage action. An entirely new introduction sets the tragedy in the context of pre-Civil War England and gives a revealing view of its imagery and dramatic action. From its well-documented early performances to the two productions seen in the West End of London in the 1995-96 season, a stage history gives an account of the play in performance. Students, actors, directors and theatre-goers will all find here a reappraisal of Webster's artistry in the greatest age of English theatre, which highlights why it has lived on stage with renewed force in the last decades of the twentieth century.

A Study Guide for John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi"

A Study Guide for John Webster's
Author: Cengage Learning Gale
Publisher:
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2017-07-25
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 9781375390705

A Study Guide for John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.

The Duchess of Malfi & A Streetcar Named Desire: A Study Guide for WJEC Eduqas A-Level English Literature

The Duchess of Malfi & A Streetcar Named Desire: A Study Guide for WJEC Eduqas A-Level English Literature
Author: Izzy Ingram
Publisher: Notable
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2018-09-29
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1723877794

Everything you need to know about WJEC Eduqas' A-Level English Literature paper on The Duchess of Malfi and A Streetcar Named Desire in one approachable and engaging study guide. Includes tips on how to meet each of the assessment objectives, detailed discussions of key themes, advice on how to write a good essay and a full exemplar answer. Whilst other textbooks give you a general overview of a course or subject, Notable guides focus closely on a specific exam board, taking you through their requirements and demands, so that you know exactly how to achieve the very best grade possible. For more information, visit us at www.notableguides.co.uk.

The Duchess of Malfi

The Duchess of Malfi
Author: John Webster
Publisher:
Total Pages: 186
Release: 1896
Genre: Brothers and sisters
ISBN:

John Webster's play "The Duchess of Malfi" is a violent play that presents a dark, disturbing portrait of the human condition... The title character is a widow with two brothers: Ferdinand and the Cardinal. In the play's opening act, the brothers try to persuade their sister not to seek a new husband. Her resistance to their wishes sets in motion a chain of secrecy, plotting, and violence. The relationship between Ferdinand and the Duchess is probably one of the most unsettling brother-sister relationships in literature. The play is full of both onstage killings and great lines. The title character is one of stage history's intriguing female characters; she is a woman whose desires lead her to defy familial pressure. Another fascinating and complex character is Bosola, who early in the play is enlisted to act as a spy. Overall, a compelling and well-written tragedy. --Michael J. Mazza at Amazon.com.

The Duchess of Malfi

The Duchess of Malfi
Author: Christina Luckyj
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2011-04-14
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1441117687

John Webster's classic revenge tragedy The Duchess of Malfi was first performed in 1613 and published in 1623. This guide offers students an introduction to its critical and performance history, including recent versions on stage and screen. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays presenting new critical positions that offer divergent perspectives on Webster's religio-political allegiances and the politics and gendering of secrecy in the play. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide a basis for further individual research.

The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Tragedy

The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Tragedy
Author: Emma Josephine Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2010-08-12
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0521519373

Introducing the reader to important topics in English Renaissance tragedy, this Companion presents fresh readings of key texts.

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

The Dynamics of Inheritance on the Shakespearean Stage

The Dynamics of Inheritance on the Shakespearean Stage
Author: Michelle M. Dowd
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2015-05-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107099773

The first full-length study of the ways in which Shakespearean drama influenced and expanded notions of inheritance in early modern England.