John Webster the critical heritage - Moore, Don D.; T&F eBooks (Oxon [England] : Routledge, 1981)
1. Webster on 'The white devil', 1612 -- 2. Webster's view of 'The duchess of Malfi', 1623 -- 3. The dedication of 'The devil's law case', 1623 -- 4. Three poems for 'The duchess', 1623 -- 5. Fitzjeffrey's portrait of Webster, 1617 -- 6. An Italian envoy comments on 'The duchess', 1618 -- 7. Abraham Wright's commonplace book, c. 1650 -- 8. Singular praise from Samuel Sheppard, 1651 -- 9. Samuel Pepys on Webster, 1661, 1662, 1666, 1668, 1669 -- 10. Langbaine's Webster, 1691 -- 11. On the failure of birth control in 'The duchess of Malfi' and 'Henry VIII', 1698 -- 12. Nahum Tate rewrites 'The white devil', 1707 -- 13. Lewis Theobald rewrites 'The duchess of Malfi', 1733 -- 14. Charles Lamb : Webster reclaimed, 1808 -- 15. Reactions to Lamb, 1809 -- 16. Nathan Drake ranks the Elizabethans, 1817 -- 17. 'Blackwood's' reviews Webster, 1818 -- 18. Campbell refutes Lamb, 1819 -- 19. Hazlitt on Webster, 1819, 1826 -- 20. Lord Byron resists but reads, 1820, 1821 -- 21. Shelley's tastes, c. 1820 -- 22. 'Barry Cornwall' on Webster, 1823 -- 23. Dyce's introduction to Webster, 1830 -- 24. George Darley writes of Webster, 1831 -- 25. The 'Gentleman's magazine' considers Webster, 1833 -- 26. A historian's Webster, 1839 -- 27. The student's Webster, 1848 -- 28. 'The duchess of Malfi' on stage, 1850 -- 29. Isabella Glyn tours as the duchess, 1852-68 -- 30. 'The duchess' in the USA, 1857-9 -- 31. The canon fires, 1856 -- 32. Webster on the American lecture circuit, 1859 -- 33. J.A. Symonds in the 'Cornhill magazine', 1865 -- 34. William Minto on Webster as dramatist, 1874 -- 35. Ward's 'history', 1875 -- 36. Swinburne on Webster, 1882, 1886 -- 37. James Russell Lowell lectures, 1887 -- 38. Saintsbury's survey, 1887 -- 39. J.A. Symonds on Webster, 1888 -- 40. The typical Webster, 1892 -- 41. 'The duchess of Malfi' in London, 1892 -- 42. Archer attacks, 1893 -- 43. William Poel defends Webster, 1893 -- 44. A traditionalist protests, 1893 -- 45. Gosse on Webster's 'tragic poem', 1894 -- 46. Webster in the 'DNB', 1899.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157) and index.
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Keywords: Dramatists; Webster, John, -- 1580?-1625? -- Criticism and interpretation; Electronic books