TY - BOOK AU - Webster,John TI - The Duchess of Malfi SN - 9781775414230 AV - PR3184 .D8 2009eb U1 - 822/.3 22 PY - 2009/// CY - [Auckland, N.Z.] PB - Floating Press KW - Nobility KW - Italy KW - Drama KW - Brothers and sisters KW - Revenge KW - fast KW - English KW - hilcc KW - Languages & Literatures KW - English Literature KW - Electronic books KW - tragedies KW - aat KW - Tragedies (Drama) KW - Tragedies KW - gsafd KW - lcgft KW - Tragédies KW - rvmgf N1 - Archived by the National Library of New Zealand; Title from PDF title page (viewed on Mar. 7, 2011); "First published in 1623"--Page 2; Hypertext links contained in the archived instances of this title are non-functional; Title; Contents; Introductory Note; Dramatis Personae; Act I; Act II; Act III; Act IV; Act V; Endnotes N2 - ""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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=313811 ER -