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The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe
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The Jew of Malta

by Christopher Marlowe

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christina_reads in 1010 Category Challenge : Christina's 1010 Category Challenge (Aug 12, 2009, 12:35am)

... Thing 1. Clouds by Aristophanes 2. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett 3. A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen 4. The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe 5. Tartuffe by Moliere* 6. Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill 7. The School for Scandal by Richard Sheridan* 8 ...

hemlokgang in What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home- June 2009 (Jun 7, 2009, 7:52am)

From BookMooch: Radical Chic and Mau Mauing the Flak Catchers by Tom Wolfe The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe Mr. Vertigo by Paul Auster

wrmjr66 in 50 Book Challenge : kjellika's 2009 challenge: reading 50 plays (Jan 6, 2009, 2:58pm)

Marlowe is very similar to early Shakespeare. Many people pair a reading of his The Jew of Malta with The Merchant of Venice and Edward II with Richard II. Jonson wrote mostly comedies and it's a matter of taste whether you enjoy him or not. If you read him, start with something like ...

Cariola in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Cariola's 75 Book Challenge for 2008 (Aug 29, 2008, 8:29pm)

59. The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe. Reread for a class I am teaching on Shakespeare's Rivals; it will be paired with The Merchant of Venice to demonstrate how WS borrowed and developed ideas. It's always a a bit of a shocker to see how extreme the stereotypes were. 60. Res ...

Scorbet in 888 Challenge : Scorbet's 888 Challenge from TBR Pile (Feb 8, 2008, 10:41am)

... ead 6. The Spanish Tragedy read 7. Doctor Faustus read 8. The Jew of Malta read

myshelves in Happy Heathens : And so the story goes . . . (Jul 17, 2007, 11:46am)

... position of one camp to end up saying "but you are worse"? I can't tell from the excerpt. I was thinking of Marlowe's The Jew of Malta. Kit Marlowe, atheist, outdid Shakespeare with his evil, scheming Jew. But as I recall, the Jew was minding his own business until the xtiens started ...

myshelves in Jewish Bibliophiles : Any favourite fictional Jewish characters? (Jun 18, 2007, 4:40pm)

A vote here for Marlowe's The Jew of Malta. I found him likeable, and enjoyed his ripostes when being questioned. And another vote for Rebecca, who as far as I'm concerned is the heroine in Ivanhoe.

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