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The Works of John Webster: Volume 3 David Gunby (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)

The Works of John Webster: Volume 3 By David Gunby (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)

The Works of John Webster: Volume 3 by David Gunby (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)


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This is the third and final volume of The Works of John Webster, a critical original-spelling edition that replaces the 1927 Lucas edition as the standard edition of the drama and other writing of one of Shakespeare's major contemporaries. A major contribution to editorial scholarship in the field.

The Works of John Webster: Volume 3 Summary

The Works of John Webster: Volume 3: An Old-Spelling Critical Edition by David Gunby (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)

This is the third and final volume of the Cambridge edition of the works of John Webster. It contains the final complete play in the edition, the City comedy Anything for a Quiet Life, as well as Webster's spectacular Lord Mayor's pageant Monuments of Honour and his Induction and additions to John Marston's The Malcontent. Webster's non-dramatic work is also included: the deeply felt verse elegy to Prince Henry entitled A Monumental Column, his various shorter poems, including verses for the engraving of The Progeny of ... Prince James, and the thirty-two New Characters added to the sixth edition of Sir Thomas Overbury's Characters. This Cambridge critical edition preserves the original spelling of all the plays, poetry and prose, and incorporates the most recent editorial scholarship, including valuable information on Webster's share in the collaborative plays, and new critical methods and textual theory.

The Works of John Webster: Volume 3 Reviews

'... a wealth of material and scholarly discussion as well as re-presenting texts ... found to be both intriguing and enlightening insights into the early modern playing environment.' Andrew Hiscock, MLR

About David Gunby (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)

David Gunby is Dean of Postgraduate Studies, University of Canterbury. David Carnegie is Professor of Theatre at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. MacDonald P. Jackson is Emeritus Professor of English and Honorary Research Fellow, University of Auckland.

Table of Contents

The Webster canon: a reassessment; The Webster canon: a revised chronological listing; Anything for a Quiet Life; Monuments of Honour; Webster's Induction and Additions to The Malcontent; A Monumental Column; Shorter Poems; New Characters.

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NLS9780521084987
9780521084987
0521084989
The Works of John Webster: Volume 3: An Old-Spelling Critical Edition by David Gunby (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2008-10-14
580
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