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Duchess of Malfi, the White Devil, the Broken Heart and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by Jane Kingsley-Smith (2015, Trade Paperback)

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The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, The Broken Heart and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (Penguin Classics) by Webster, John, Ford, John [Paperback]

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100141392231

ISBN-139780141392233

eBay Product ID (ePID)208602791

Product Key Features

Book TitleDuchess of Malfi, the White Devil, the Broken Heart and 'tis Pity She's a Whore

Number of Pages640 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEuropean / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year2015

GenreDrama

AuthorJane Kingsley-Smith

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight15.6 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2016-297306

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsRevenge, 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

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal822.308

SynopsisThese four plays, written during the reigns of James I and Charles I, took revenge tragedy in dark and ambiguous new directions. In The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil , John Webster explores power, sex and corruption in the Italian court, creating two unforgettable anti-heroines. In The Broken Heart , John Ford questions the value of emotional repression as his characters attempt to subdue their desires and hatreds in ancient Greece. Finally, Ford's masterpiece ' Tis Pity She's a Whore explores the taboo themes of incest and forbidden love in a daring reworking of Romeo and Juliet ., A new volume of the greatest revenge tragedies of the seventeenth-century stage These four plays, written during the reigns of James I and Charles I, took revenge tragedy in dark and ambiguous new directions. In The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil , John Webster explores power, sex, and corruption in the Italian court, creating two unforgettable anti-heroines. In The Broken Heart , John Ford questions the value of emotional repression as his characters attempt to subdue their desires and hatreds in ancient Greece. Finally, Ford's masterpiece ' Tis Pity She's a Whore explores the taboo themes of incest and forbidden love in a daring reworking of Romeo and Juliet . For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

LC Classification NumberPR1263