The Duchess of Malfi (Annotated)

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster. The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment. John Webster (London, c. 1580 - id., 1633) was an English playwright from the time of James I, one of the foremost of his time. The data on the life of John Webster are still very uncertain. His family was humble (he was the son of a tailor) and lived in the London parish of the Holy Sepulcher, but John must have received a first-class education, if we are to judge by the great classical scholarship exhibited by his texts (especially in the field legal) and its jeweled style. In 1596 a certain Johannes Webster was admitted to the honorable Middle Temple society, so he must have legal knowledge or be a lawyer. He must have belonged to the company of the "Merchant Taylors" (even though he was not a tailor) and began working as a dramatic author in 1601 collaborating with Michael Drayton and Anthony Munday until the businessman Philip Henslowe