The White Devil / R.L. Varshey.

GENERAL INTRODUCTION:
1- John Webster: Life and Career;
2- The age of John Webster or the literary and social background to the white devil;
3- Drama in the age of Webster;
4- Webster's concept of tragedy;
5- Webster's style and imagery;
6- Webster's vision of life;
7- Webster's contribution to the tradition of the revenge play;
8- Webster as a Dramatist: A general estimate;
9- Webster and Shakespeare;
10- Webster and other revenge an horror dramatists;
11- Select literary opinions;

INTRODUCTION TO TH PLAY:
1- A brief summary of the play;
2- A critical appreciation;
3- Character in the play;
4- The theme of the white devil or the theme of appearance and reality or the thematic interpretations of the play;
5- The title of the white devil;
6- Plot-construction in the white devil, or fact and fiction in the white devil or the source of the white devil;
7- The role of Flamineo;
8- The court scene in the white devil or the dramatic significant of the trail scene;
9-The white devil as pure tragedy;
10- The source of the white devil or the historical introduction of the white devil;
11- The white devil as a revenge play or the revenge Motif in the white devil or the influence of Seneca on Webster;
12- The Italian background of the white devil;
13- The element of horror and terror in the white devil or the Morbid and the Macabra element in the white devil or Webster's power of evoking shudders;

The White Devil: To the reader;
The White Devil: text with paraphrase:
Dramatis Personate:
Act I;
Act II;
Act III;
Act IV;
Act V;
Explanatory Notes;
Explanations of selected passages;
Questions and answer;
A chronology of important dates;
Suggested reading