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| John Webster |
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| 1580?–1634, English dramatist, b. London. Although little is known of his life, there is evidence that he worked for Philip Henslowe, collaborating with such playwrights as Dekker and Ford. Webster’s literary reputation rests almost entirely on his two great tragedies, The White Devil (c.1608) and The Duchess of Malfi (c.1614). Violent and sensational, both plays treat the theme of revenge and generate a brooding, somber mood. Webster’s highly poetic language and profound understanding of human suffering create a true tragic pathos and force.—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2002 Columbia University Press. (See also: Introductory Note from the Harvard Classics.) |
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- WORKS
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- The Duchess of Malfi
Harvard Classics, Vol. XLVII, Part 4.
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- Bartlett’s Webster Quotations
Epitomal selections by John Bartlett.
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- Webster, John, 63456 to 63472
Entries from the Columbia World of Quotations.
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- WRITINGS ABOUT WEBSTER
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- “John Webster: periods of his literary activity”
Sections from the Cambridge History of English Literature.
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