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The Duchess of Malfi

de Webster, John

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London: Sylvan Press, 1945. Number 895 of an edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by the artist. The binding is partially faded. Previous owner's name is on the front free endpaper. Otherwise fine.. Signed by Artist. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Michael Ayrton. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Sinopsis

"The Duchess of Malfi" was published in 1623, but the date of writing may have been as early as 1611. It is based on a story in Painter's "Palace of Pleasure," translated from the Italian novelist, Bandello; and it is entirely possible that it has a foundation in fact. In any case, it portrays with a terrible vividness one side of the court life of the Italian Renaissance; and its picture of the fierce quest of pleasure, the recklessness of crime, and the worldliness of the great princes of the Church finds only too ready corroboration in the annals of the time.Of John Webster's life almost nothing is known. The dates 1580-1625 given for his birth and death are conjectural inferences, about which the best that can be said is that no known facts contradict them.The first notice of Webster so far discovered shows that he was collaborating in the production of plays for the theatrical manager, Henslowe, in 1602, and of such collaboration he seems to have done a considerable amount. Four plays exist which he wrote alone, "The White Devil," "The Duchess of Malfi," "The Devil's Law-Case," and "Appius and Virginia."Webster's tragedies come toward the close of the great series of tragedies of blood and revenge, in which "The Spanish Tragedy" and "Hamlet" are landmarks, but before decadence can fairly be said to have set in. He, indeed, loads his scene with horrors almost past the point which modern taste can bear; but the intensity of his dramatic situations, and his superb power of flashing in a single line a light into the recesses of the human heart at the crises of supreme emotion, redeems him from mere sensationalism, and places his best things in the first rank of dramatic writing.

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Librería
Banjo Booksellers US (US)
Inventario del vendedor #
012561
Título
The Duchess of Malfi
Autor
Webster, John
Ilustrador
Michael Ayrton
Formato/Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Estado del libro
Usado - Bueno
Estado de la sobrecubierta
No Jacket
Edición
Limited Edition
Editorial
Sylvan Press
Lugar de publicación
London
Fecha de publicación
1945
Palabras clave
Plays Collectible
Size
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

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