Webster, John - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Criticism

Allison, Alexander W. "Ethical Themes in The Duchess of Malfi." Studies in English Literature 4, No. 2 (Spring 1964): 263-73.

Examines the designs of the plot structure and patterns of character relationships in The Duchess of Malfi, within a larger ethical scope in order to clarify several of the play's misunderstood ethical themes.

Brooke, Nicholas. "The White Devil" and "The Duchess of Malfi." In Horrid Laughter in Jacobean Tragedy, pp. 28-47, 48-69. London: Open Books Publishing Ltd., 1979.

Examines how Webster's use of various modes of laughter in The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi clearly conveys the pain and violence that the plays present in both a moral and social context.

Camoin, François André. "Webster." In The Revenge Convention in Tourner, Webster, and Middleton, edited by Dr....

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