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The great English Renaissance tragedyùviolent, powerful, unforgettableùin a freshly edited and annotated student edition. This Norton Critical Edition of John Webster as 1612û13 tragedy offers a newly edited and annotated text together with a full introduction and illustrative materials intended for student readers. The Duchess of Malfi as themes of love, loyalty, and betrayal have resonated through the centuries, making this a perennially popular play with audiences and readers alike. This volume includes a generous selection of supporting materials, among them Webster as likely sources for the play (William Painter, George Whetstone, Simon Goulart, and Thomas Beard) as well as related works by Webster and George Wither on widows, funerals, and memorializing death. A generous selection from Mark H. Curtis as classic essay, The Alienated Intellectuals of Early Stuart England,ö tells readers as much about the character of Bosola as it does about his creator. Henry Fitzgeffrey (1617) and Horatio Busino (1618) provide early responses to the play. Criticismö is thematically organized to provide readers with a clear sense of The Duchess of Malfi as central themes of dramaturgy