The Collaboration of Webster and Dekker (Classic Reprint): A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy - Couverture souple

Frederick Erastus Pierce

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 133056278X ISBN 13 : 9781330562789

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

This book delves into the literary partnership of two great poets, Webster and Dekker. The collaboration of these contemporaries resulted in three acclaimed citizen comedies: Westward Ho, Northward Ho, and Sir Thomas Wyatt. The author carefully examines the works, utilizing three distinct tests to determine the respective authorship of each playwright in the collaborative plays. These tests reveal Webster's sophisticated vocabulary, paralleled passages, and insightful character and atmospheric elements contrasted with Dekker's more straightforward style. Through this meticulous analysis, the book sheds light on the dynamic between the two playwrights, illuminating their contrasting approaches and shared commitment to realism in their portrayal of bourgeois life. Ultimately, this book provides valuable insights into the creative process and individual contributions of Webster and Dekker, offering a nuanced understanding of their literary partnership and its impact on the landscape of Jacobean drama.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The man who examines problems of collaboration faces a double danger. In the first place, there is always the possibility that all his labors may fail to convince any one but himself. In the second place, there is the risk that so much close and mechanical application may crush out the finer qualities of his own literary nature. I cannot claim to have avoided wholly either of these pitfalls; nevertheless, after all the chaff has been sifted away from this little treatise, I hope that there may still be found a small residuum of wheat, as some definite addition to the world of knowledge; and I also hope that my readers will peruse this book in the same spirit in which it was written not as a piece of hackwork, but as a sympathetic, although necessarily accurate, study of two great poets. The collaborated plays of Beaumont and Fletcher stand as the monument of one of the most beautiful of human friendships. The collaborated plays of Webster and Dekker form a more humble memorial of what was probably a shoulder-to-shoulder alliance in their pitiful warfare against lifelong poverty. No apology is needed for attempting to throw light on such a partnership. I wish to express my sincere thanks to Professor Albert S. Cook and to the other members of the English Faculty at Yale for the assistance and inspiration which they have given me in my work.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 133056278X
• ISBN 13: 9781330562789
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 177
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