TY - JOUR

T1 - ”You are welcome to your country”: initiation and re‐encounter in the dramatic world of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi

AU - Hiscock, Andrew

N1 - Acknowledgements This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement N°702104

PY - 2019/2

Y1 - 2019/2

N2 - This article considers the structural, thematic and dramaturgical dimensions of the first scene of John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi. Particular attention is paid to the formulation of a framing device, key concepts which underpin the intrigue being played out onstage and the construction and resolution of the dramatic narrative of the first scene. Readers are also invited to consider the earlier classical and medieval dramatic traditions which shaped Webster's writing of this scene.

AB - This article considers the structural, thematic and dramaturgical dimensions of the first scene of John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi. Particular attention is paid to the formulation of a framing device, key concepts which underpin the intrigue being played out onstage and the construction and resolution of the dramatic narrative of the first scene. Readers are also invited to consider the earlier classical and medieval dramatic traditions which shaped Webster's writing of this scene.

KW - Webster

KW - Duchess of Malfi

UR - http://www.ircl.cnrs.fr/productions%20electroniques/arret_scene/arret_scene_focus_7_2018.htm

M3 - Article

VL - 2018

JO - Arrêt sur scène / Scene Focus

JF - Arrêt sur scène / Scene Focus

SN - 2268-977X

IS - 7

ER -