John Webster: The Critical Heritage

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ISBN: 9780415134187 | 0415134188
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Copyright: 3/5/1996

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General Editor's Preface	p. v
Introduction	p. 1
Webster on 'The White Devil'	p. 27
Comments: Comments	p. 27
Webster's View of 'The Duchess of Malfi'	p. 29
The Dedication of 'The Devil's Law Case'	p. 30
Three Poems for 'The Duchess'	p. 31
Three Poems for 'The Duchess'	p. 31
Fitzjeffrey's Portrait of Webster	p. 32
An Italian Envoy Comments on 'The Duchess'	p. 33
Abraham Wright's Commonplace Book	p. 34
Singular Praise from Samuel Sheppard	p. 35
Samuel Pepys on Webster	p. 37
Langbaine's Webster	p. 38
On the Failure of Birth Control in 'The Duchess of Malfi' and 'Henry Viii'	p. 40
Nahum Tate Rewrites 'The White Devil'	p. 41
Lewis Theobald Rewrites 'The Duchess of Malfi'	p. 44
Charles Lamb: Webster Reclaimed	p. 51
Reactions to Lamb	p. 53
Nathan Drake Ranks the Elizabethans	p. 54
'Blackwood's' Reviews Webster	p. 55
Campbell Refutes Lamb	p. 58
Hazlitt on Webster	p. 59
Lord Byron Resists but Reads	p. 64
'Barry Cornwall' on Webster	p. 65
Shelley's Tastes	p. 65
Dyce's Introduction to Webster	p. 66
George Darley Writes of Webster	p. 70
The 'Gentleman's Magazine' Considers Webster	p. 70
A Historian's Webster	p. 74
The Students' Webster	p. 76
'The Duchess of Malfi' on Stage	p. 77
Isabella Glyn Tours as the Duchess	p. 88
'The Duchess' in the Usa	p. 92
The Canon Fires	p. 97
Webster on the American Lecture Circuit	p. 100
J. A. Symonds in the 'Cornhill Magazine'	p. 102
William Minto on Webster as Dramatist	p. 104
Ward's 'History'	p. 105
Swinburne on Webster	p. 110
James Russell Lowell Lectures	p. 117
Saintsbury's Survey	p. 121
J. A. Symonds on Webster	p. 123
'The Duchess of Malfi' in London	p. 127
The Typical Webster	p. 127
Archer Attacks	p. 132
William Poel Defends Webster	p. 143
A Traditionalist Protests	p. 146
Gosse on Webster's 'Tragic Poem'	p. 151
Webster in the 'Dnb'	p. 155
Select Bibliography	p. 157
Index	p. 159
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