The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, The Broken Heart and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford

The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, The Broken Heart and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford

Explores the role of women and issues of power, sex and corruption in the Italian court, creating two unforgettable anti-heroines.

Revenge, hatred, villainy, incest, and murder upon murder are their constant themes. . and they handle these horrors with little or no moral purpose, save that of exciting and amusing the audience . . . We should call him a madman who allowed his daughters or his servants to see such representations -- Charles Kingsley

John Webster was born in about 1578 in London. He studied law at the Middle Temple before embarking on a career in the theatre, collaborating on many plays with contemporary dramatists. But it was his two solo-authored tragedies, The White Devil (1612) and The Duchess of Malfi (1614), which sealed his reputation. He died in the 1630s.

John Ford was born in 1586 in Devon. His early career was wholly concerned with poetry and philosophical works, and it was not until the 1620s that he began writing stage plays, including The Broken Heart (1620) and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (c.1630). Nothing more is known of Ford after the performance of his last play in 1638.

Jane Kingsley-Smith is a Reader at Roehampton University, London and author of Shakespeare's Drama of Exile (2003) and Cupid in Early Modern Literature and Culture (2010).

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ISBN 13	9780141392233
ISBN 10	0141392231
Title	The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, The Broken Heart and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Author	John Ford
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2014-08-07
Number of pages	640
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