John Webster: The Duchess of Malfi

by Steven Croft, Steven Croft (Series_editor)

Each book in this established series contains the full and complete text, and is designed to motivate and encourage students who may be writing on these challenging writers for the first time. It contains useful notes to add depth and knowledge to students' understanding, comments to explain literacy and historical allusions, tasks to help students explore themes and issues, and suggestions for further reading.

240 pages, Paperback

First published July 25, 2007

Reviews

[Jenni · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gotta say I expected more incest. Interesting bits of lycanthropy. Nice duchess.

Nice couplet on siblings and homo homini lupus:

'Whether we fall by ambition, blood, lust,
Like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust.'

[source · Rating 3 out of 5]

The plot is amazing, very interesting well planned and thrilling. But the language is quite old so it is not an easy one to read.