
Avec les contributions de Yan Brailowsky, Devin Byker, Christophe Camard, Guillaume Coatalen, Pascale Drouet, Claire Guéron, Aurélie Griffin, Richard Hillman, Cecilia Istria-Dorland, Agnès Lafont, Michael Neill, Mickaël Popelard, Rachel Prusko, Estelle Rivier-Arnaud, Nathalie Rivère de Carles, Nathaniel Amos Rothschild & Laura Tosi.
INTRODUCTION
WEBSTER AS AN ARTIST
« ‘Crabbed Westerio’: The Duchess of Malfi and the Character of a Dramatic Poet » (Michael Neill, Norton editor of the play)
PART ONE. WEBSTER’S LITERARY SOURCES AND CREATIVENESS
- « ’Your merry bookes of Italie’: from the Passion for the Novella to John Webster’s Drama » (Christophe Camard)
- « ’I am truly more fond and foolish than ever Narcissus was’: Webster’s Duchess of Malfi and Ovidian Resonances » (Agnès Lafont)
- « Discursive Presence and Absence in The Duchess of Malfi » (Richard Hillman)
PART TWO. CONTEXTUAL APPROACHES: SOCIO-POLITICAL, MEDICAL AND METAPHYSICAL
- « Young Widowhood in The Duchess of Malfi» (Rachel Prusko)
- « Learned Service and the (In)Humanism of Webster’s Intelligencer » (Nathaniel Amos Rothschild)
- « The Melancholy Body Politic in The Duchess of Malfi» (Aurélie Griffin)
- « Madness in The Duchess of Malfi» (Pascale Drouet)
- « ‘Death hath ten thousand several doors’: The Duchess of Malfi’s Art of Dying » (Devin Byker)
PART THREE. VARIETY AND HYBRIDITY
- « Spatial Uniformity and Natural Variety in The Duchess of Malfi » (Mickaël Popelard)
- « ’When were we so merry?’: Comedy in The Duchess of Malfi » (Guillaume Coatalen)
- « Authorizing Laughter in The Duchess of Malfi » ( Claire Guéron)
- « ’True substantial bodies’ in The Duchess of Malfi » (Yan Brailowsky)
PART FOUR. ON STAGE: TRADITION AND EXPERIMENT
- « Performing Violence in The Duchess of Malfi: from Page to Stage » (Estelle Rivier-Arnaud)
- « Channelling the Tragic Through the Arras inThe Duchess of Malfi » (Nathalie Rivère de Carles)
- « ‘Fix(ing) a general eclipse’: Reflections on Staging The Duchess of Malfi » ( Cecilia Istria-Dorland)
POSTFACE
« Remodelling the Skull Beneath the Skin: Websterian Echoes in Contemporary Fiction » (Laura Tosi)