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.
- This edition preserves the original spelling of all the plays, poetry and prose
- Integrates theatrical aspects of the plays with their bibliographical and literary features
- Provides a brief biography, illustrations and a critical, textual and, for the drama, theatrical history of each work
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'… 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, MLR

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Product details
- Date Published: October 2008
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521084987
- length: 580 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 30 mm
- weight: 0.77kg
- contains: 19 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
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.
Editors
David Gunby, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
David Gunby is Dean of Postgraduate Studies, University of Canterbury.
David Carnegie, Victoria University of Wellington
David Carnegie is Professor of Theatre at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
MacDonald P. Jackson, University of Auckland
MacDonald P. Jackson is Emeritus Professor of English and Honorary Research Fellow, University of Auckland.