{"product_id":"the-duchess-of-malfi-the-white-devil-the-broken-heart-and-tis-pity-shes-a-whore-isbn-9780141392233","title":"The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, The Broken Heart and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new volume of the greatest revenge tragedies of the seventeenth-century stage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese four plays, written during the reigns of James I and Charles I, took revenge tragedy in dark and ambiguous new directions. In \u003ci\u003eThe Duchess of Malfi\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe White Devil\u003c\/i\u003e, John Webster explores power, sex, and corruption in the Italian court, creating two unforgettable anti-heroines. In \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, John Ford questions the value of emotional repression as his characters attempt to subdue their desires and hatreds in ancient Greece. Finally, Ford's masterpiece '\u003ci\u003eTis Pity She's a Whore\u003c\/i\u003e explores the taboo themes of incest and forbidden love in a daring reworking of \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cb\u003eJOHN WEBSTER\u003c\/b\u003e was born in about 1578 in London. He studied law at the Middle Temple before embarking on a career in the theater, collaborating on many plays with contemporary dramatists. But it was his two solo-authored tragedies, \u003ci\u003eThe White Devil\u003c\/i\u003e (1612) and \u003ci\u003eThe Duchess of Malfi\u003c\/i\u003e (1614), that sealed his reputation. He died in the 1630s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN FORD\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1586 in Devon, England. His early career was wholly concerned with poetry and philosophical works, and it was not until the 1620s that he began writing stage plays, including \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Heart\u003c\/i\u003e (1620) and\u003ci\u003e'Tis Pity She's a Whore\u003c\/i\u003e (c.1630). Nothing more is known of Ford after the performance of his last play in 1638. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJANE KINGSLEY-SMITH\u003c\/b\u003e (editor) is a reader at Roehampton University, London, and author of \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Drama of Exile\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCupid in Early Modern Literature and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301921935589,"sku":"NP9780141392233","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780141392233.jpg?v=1767739092","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-duchess-of-malfi-the-white-devil-the-broken-heart-and-tis-pity-shes-a-whore-isbn-9780141392233","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}