ISBN: 9780030621987

New York, NY W.W. Norton & Company, 1967. Trade Paperback Second Ed, Revised & Corrected. Near Fine in Wraps: shows the faintest toning to the white background field of the wra… More...

New York, NY W.W. Norton & Company, 1967. Trade Paperback Second Ed, Revised & Corrected. Near Fine in Wraps: shows the faintest toning to the white background field of the wrapper covers; mild rubbing to the wrapper covers; a small, rather superficial bump at the bottom edge of the rear panel. The binding shows barely discernible lean, while remaining perfectly secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 129pp. Edited by Elizabeth M. Brennan. Second Ed, Revised & Corrected; Later Printing thereof. The New Mermaids Series, Brian Gibbons, General Editor. Trade Paperback. The play is both a tour de force and profoundly searching. The White Devil has elements of a revenge play, but the motivations of the characters are more varied and complex. Webster adapted to the stage an actual murderous event that occurred in Italy some years earlier. Paolo Giordano, Duke of Brachiano, and the beautiful Vittoria Corombona, as well as others in this play are not entirely fictional. The second act presents the initial murders, the poisoning of Isabella, wife to Brachiano, and the killing of Camillo, husband to Vittoria, in two dumb shows representing conjurer's images of the actual murders. These silent displays are said to have a somewhat haunting impact on the stage. Despite no evidence of involvement in Camillo's death, Vittoria is placed on trial for her adulterous affair, is found guilty, and confined to a house of convertites, a house of penitent whores. The murder of Camillo and Isabella goes unpunished, although some do suspect the Duke of Brachiano. Brachiano's chief rival, Francisco De Medici, the Duke of Florence, quietly plots to have Brachiano and his followers killed. He cleverly tricks Brachiano into effecting the escape of Vittoria. The two are quickly married in a lavish ceremony. Soon thereafter Brachiano and Vittoria are excommunicated by the new Pope, the former Cardinal Monticelso, another long time rival of the Brachiano. Plots and counterplots collide in act five resulting in the deaths of nearly all key characters. Most die loquaciously, expositing on their guilt and thoughts of divine punishment. The White Devil does not offer the dramatic impact of a Shakespearean tragedy, nor the tight focus characteristic of most Elizabethan revenge plays. This play's fascination is the continuous intrigue and deception, the plots and counterplots, and the complex motivations of Webster's dark characters., W.W. Norton & Company, 1967., 0, When beautiful Michelle Harper is found brutally murdered and her husband is charged with the crime, lawyer Matthew Hope becomes involved in the case, which leads him into the tawdry world of Gulf Coast "social clubs", Henry Holt & Co, 2.5<

1983, ISBN: 0030621984

Hardcover, First edition

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[EAN: 9780030621987], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 36.94], [PU: Holt, Rinehart and Winston], Jacket, Signed. First Edition. Near fine DJ with one small bump at top of front panel. Flat-signed by author on title page. First American edition stated with full numberline indicating first printing., Books<

ISBN: 9780030621987

When beautiful Michelle Harper is found brutally murdered and her husband is charged with the crime, lawyer Matthew Hope becomes involved in the case, which leads him into the tawdry worl… More...

When beautiful Michelle Harper is found brutally murdered and her husband is charged with the crime, lawyer Matthew Hope becomes involved in the case, which leads him into the tawdry world of Gulf Coast "social clubs", Henry Holt & Co, 2.5<