The White Devil | Criticism
- The White Devil and Old Wives’ Tales
In the following essay, Weil examines Webster’s treatment of ‘‘old wives’’ in The White Devil.
- John Webster’s Depiction of Court Life in Renaissance Italy
Guyette, a longtime journalist, received a bachelor’s degree in English writing from the University of Pittsburgh. In this essay, Guyette describes how John Webster’s depiction of court life in Renaissance Italy can be viewed as a cautionary tale that still has relevance today.
- Feminism as it Relates to Elizabethan and Jacobean Ideas About Women
Henningfeld is a professor of English literature and composition who has written widely for educational and academic publications. In this essay, Henningfeld uses new historical and feminist criticism to demonstrate the ways that The White Devil reflects and reinforces Elizabethan and Jacobean ideas about women.
- T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land and John Webster’s White Devil
In the following essay, Cahir analyzes the influence of The White Devil on T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land.
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