The Works of John Webster: Volume 1, The White Devil; The Duc... - 9780521033329

The Works of John Webster: Volume 1, The White Devil; The Duchess of MalfiAn Old-Spelling Critical Edition\nAuthor(s): John Webster, David Gunby, David Carnegie, Antony Hammond, Doreen DelVecchio\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521033329, 978-0521033329\nSynopsis\nThis is the first volume to appear in the Cambridge edition of the works of John Webster, beginning with the plays The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi. The following volume planned for publication will include the other plays as well as the poems and prose. While both The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi are available in modernized versions, the Cambridge edition incorporates the more recent editorial scholarship including valuable information on Webster's biography, critical methods, and textual theory. In particular, the edition integrates theatrical aspects of the texts with their bibliographical and literary features .