John Webster, Renaissance dramatist
David Coleman · 2010
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"Transgressive and darkly brilliant, the drama of John Webster has long been recognised as one of the crowning glories of the English Renaissance. But this apparently idiosyncratic individual, fascinated by insanity, corruption, and the macabre, was also a successful businessman, involved in trade networks beyond the theatre, and writing most of his plays in apparently amicable collaboration with a host of other dramatists. Such is the enigma of John Webster; caricatured as a pessimist obsessed with morbidity and death, Webster's true significance lies in his ability to perceive that the darkness at the heart of humanity must co-exist with the routine and the social interaction of everyday life." [Publisher's description].
Book details
- Year
- 2010
- Language
- English
- Series
- Renaissance dramatists
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 166
- ISBN
- 9780748634651
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