Memories of “wretched eminent things” (5.5.113): Remembrance and Posterity in John Webster’s Duchess of Malfi (1613–1614).

One of the key moments of John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi (1613-14) is the writing of the Duchess’s will. On the surface, memory is a state in which princes must consider their own mortality. It is actually the driving force behind the action of the play, illustrated by funeral rites, wills, mon...

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Main Author: Louis André
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles 2024-12-01
Series:XVII-XVIII
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/1718/13585
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