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    Delphi Complete Works of John Webster (Illustrated)

    Delphi Complete Works of John Webster (Illustrated)

    by John Webster


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      ISBN-13: 9781910630594
    • Publisher: Delphi Classics
    • Publication date: 08/11/2015
    • Series: Series Five
    • Sold by: PUBLISHDRIVE KFT
    • Format: eBook
    • File size: 7 MB

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    The macabre plays of the Jacobean dramatist John Webster still retain the same raw power to shock audiences today, with his ‘The White Devil’ and ‘The Duchess of Malfi’ being widely recognised as masterpieces of seventeenth century theatre. For the first time in digital publishing, this comprehensive eBook presents Webster’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

    * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Webster’s life and works
    * Concise introductions to the plays and other texts
    * ALL 11 plays, with many rare texts
    * Also includes the rare spurious plays, first time in digital print
    * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original Jacobean texts
    * Excellent formatting of the plays
    * Easily locate the scenes or acts you want to read with special contents tables
    * Includes Webster’s complete poetry and other works - spend hours exploring the author’s works
    * Special criticism section, with three essays evaluating Webster’s contribution to Jacobean literature
    * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

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    CONTENTS:

    The Plays
    SIR THOMAS WYATT
    WESTWARD HO
    NORTHWARD HO
    THE WHITE DEVIL
    THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
    THE DEVIL’S LAW-CASE
    ANYTHING FOR A QUIET LIFE
    A CURE FOR A CUCKOLD
    MONUMENTS OF HONOUR
    THE FAIR MAID OF THE INN
    APPIUS AND VIRGINIA

    The Disputed Plays
    THE THRACIAN WONDER
    THE WEAKEST GOETH TO THE WALL

    The Other Works
    TO MY KIND FRIEND, MA. AN. MUNDY
    ODE PREFIXED TO STEPEHN HARRISON’S ‘ARCHES OF TRIUMPH’, 1604
    INDUCTION AND ADDITIONS TO THE 3RD EDITION OF MARSTONS ‘THE MALCONTENT’, 1604
    TO HIS BELOVED FRIEND, MASTER THOMAS HEYWOOD
    A MONUMENTAL COLUMN
    NEW CHARACTERS
    TO HIS INDUSTRIOUS FRIEND, MASTER HENRY COCKERAM
    VERSES ACCOMPANYING THE PORTRAIT ENGRAVING OF ‘THE PROGENY OF THE MOST RENOWNED PRINCE JAMES’ c.1633

    The Criticism
    INTRODUCTION TO JOHN WEBSTER by William Hazlitt
    JOHN WEBSTER by Algernon Charles Swinburne
    THE THIRD DRAMATIC PERIOD by George Saintsbury

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