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The Duchess of Malfi (Dover Thrift Editions)

Description: > The evils of greed and ambition overwhelm love, innocence, and the bonds of kinship in this dark tragedy, first presented circa 1613. John Webster's great Jacobean drama focuses on a secret marriage that strikes the disastrous spark to an inferno of violence. When the Duchess of Malfi marries Antonio, a household steward, her two fiendishly jealous brothers ? hoping to inherit her title and estates ? plant a household spy whose treachery leads to a bloody and horrifying climax.Often compared to Shakespeare in terms of his dynamic plots and poetic lyricism, Webster created radical, profoundly original works that feature shifting perspectives and thought-provoking challenges to conventional moral judgments. Required reading for courses in sev The evils of greed and ambition overwhelm love, innocence, and the bonds of kinship in this dark tragedy, first presented circa 1613. John Webster's great Jacobean drama focuses on a secret marriage that strikes the disastrous spark to an inferno of violence. When the Duchess of Malfi marries Antonio, a household steward, her two fiendishly jealous brothers ? hoping to inherit her title and estates ? plant a household spy whose treachery leads to a bloody and horrifying climax.Often compared to Shakespeare in terms of his dynamic plots and poetic lyricism, Webster created radical, profoundly original works that feature shifting perspectives and thought-provoking challenges to conventional moral judgments. Required reading for courses in seventeenth-century English literature, this provocative masterpiece from the Golden Age of English drama will not only be welcomed by students and teachers of English literature but also a wide audience of general readers. Dover Publications

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Features: Dover Publications

Type: Standard

Vintage: No

MPN: 9780486406602

Book Title: Duchess of Malfi

Number of Pages: 96 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated

Item Height: 0.3 in

Publication Year: 1999

Topic: Classics, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Genre: Drama, Fiction

Item Weight: 2.9 Oz

Author: John Webster

Item Length: 8.3 in

Item Width: 5.6 in

Book Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Plays Ser.

Format: Trade Paperback

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