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CRITICAL EDITIONS THE DUCHESS OF MALFI - A CR...

This Norton Critical Edition of John Webster’s 1612–13 tragedy offers a newly edited and
annotated text together with a full introduction and illustrative materials intended for
student readers. The Duchess of Malfi’s themes of love  loyalty  and betrayal have resonated
through the centuries  making this a perennially popular play with audiences and readers alike.
This volume includes a generous selection of supporting materials  among them Webster’s likely
sources for the play (William Painter  George Whetstone  Simon Goulart  and Thomas Beard) as
well as related works by Webster and George Wither on widows  funerals  and memorializing
death. A generous selection from Mark H. Curtis’s classic essay  The Alienated Intellectuals of
Early Stuart England ” tells readers as much about the character of Bosola as it does about his
creator. Henry Fitzgeffrey (1617) and Horatio Busino (1618) provide early responses to the
play. Criticism” is thematically organized to provide readers with a clear sense of The Duchess
of Malfi’s central themes of dramaturgy  the politics of family  court  and religion  and
gender. Also included are essays on contemporary re-imaginings of the play and its critical
reception over time. Contributors include Don D. Moore  Inga-Stina Ewbank  Christina Luckyj 
Barbara Correll  D. C. Gunby  Lee Bliss  Rowland Wymer  Brian Chalk  Theodora Jankowski  and
Pascale Aebischer. A selected bibliography is also included.

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