The Works of John Webster
An Old-Spelling Critical Edition
Cambridge University Press
Will be published approx. on 25. January 2007
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-0-521-26061-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'... 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, MLRMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
19 Halftones, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
902 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-26061-9 (9780521260619)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

David Gunby | David Carnegie | MacDonald P. Jackson
The Works of John Webster: Volume 3
An Old-Spelling Critical Edition
Book
10/2008
Cambridge University Press
€102.10
Shipment within 15-20 days
Persons
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.
Editor
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Victoria University of Wellington
University of Auckland
Content
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.