The Works of John Webster: Volume 1, The White Devil; The Duchess of Malfi : An Old-Spelling Critical Edition

Webster, John

ISBN 10: 0521260590 / ISBN 13: 9780521260596

Edité par Cambridge U.P., 1995

A propos de cet article

This is the first volume to appear in the Cambridge edition of the works of John Webster. This critical edition preserves the original spelling of all the plays; incorporates the most recent editorial scholarship, including valuable information on Webster's share in the collaborative plays; and employs new critical methods and textual theory. In particular, the edition integrates theatrical aspects of the plays with their bibliographical and literary features in a way not previously attempted in a scholarly edition of a Jacobean dramatist. The edition presents all of Webster's plays (with the exception of those collaborative plays already published in the Cambridge editions of Dekker, and Beaumont and Fletcher) and provides a brief biography, an account of Webster canon, illustrations, and critical and theatrical history of eachplay. Edge slightly darklen for being on a shelf.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Works of John Webster: Volume 1, The White Devil; The Duchess of Malfi : An Old-Spelling Critical Edition
• Éditeur: Cambridge U.P.
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521260590
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521260596
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

This is the first volume to appear in the Cambridge edition of the works of John Webster.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is the first volume to appear in the Cambridge edition of the works of John Webster, beginning with the plays The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi. The following volume planned for publication will include the other plays as well as the poems and prose. While both The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi are available in modernized versions, the Cambridge edition incorporates the more recent editorial scholarship including valuable information on Webster's biography, critical methods, and textual theory. In particular, the edition integrates theatrical aspects of the texts with their bibliographical and literary features in a way not previously attempted for a scholarly edition of a Jacobean dramatist. The edition also presents previously unpublished material including a fragment of an otherwise lost play and a hitherto unknown poem and provides a brief biography of Webster, a history of the Webster canon, and reception history for each play.