The Duchess of Malfi: John Webster

In dramatizing a woman's sexual choices in a notably sympathetic manner, this tragedy articulates perennial questions about female autonomy and class distinction.
Date Published: 24 November 2009
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Contributors: Emma Smith
In Collection(s): John Webster, Feminist Approaches to Literature, Shakespeare’s Contemporary dramatists, Questioning Genre
Keywords: english, language, jacobean, elizabethan, theatre, renaissance, #greatwriters
Cite: The Duchess of Malfi: John Webster by John Webster at https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via https://dev.writersinspire.it.ox.ac.uk/content/duchess-malfi-john-webster. Published on 24 November 2009. Accessed on 14 May 2026.
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