Skull Beneath the Skin: The Achievement of John Webster

by Charles R. Forker and Charles R Forker

Webster was much possessed by death

And saw the skull beneath the skin;

And breastless creatures under ground

Leaned backward with a lipless grin.

These lines from T. S. Eliot's "Whispers of Immortality" provide Charles R. Forker with the title for the most sub­stantial and detailed examination of John Webster to date; they also identify a ma­jor theme--the love-death nexus...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809312794
• ISBN13: 9780809312795
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"