The Duchess of Malfi / John Webster.

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Webster, John, 1580?-1625?

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781775414230
177541423X
1775566811
9781775566816

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822/.3 22

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PR3184 .D8 2009eb

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Contents:

Title; Contents; Introductory Note; Dramatis Personae; Act I; Act II; Act III; Act IV; Act V; Endnotes

Summary: ""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...

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Title; Contents; Introductory Note; Dramatis Personae; Act I; Act II; Act III; Act IV; Act V; Endnotes

""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...

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