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Loading... Tamburlaine (1587)by Christopher Marlowe
None. 3,5 stars (  ) pyromorphite | Mar 31, 2013 |  Tamburlaine the conqueror. Not much in terms of genuine character development, but with beautiful passages and historical allusions. Violence for its own sake. Probably a piece for a famous actor to take the title role. ( ) HadriantheBlind | Mar 30, 2013 | Tamburlaine is often overshadowed by Marlowe's more influential plays, but it remains one of my favorites. There are beautiful, poetic passages that stand up to anything written in Marlowe's better-known works, and it's one of the more purely entertaining works in the Marlowe canon. Tamburlaine may not have the complexity of Faustus or the emotional depth of Edward, but he's very much larger than life. Even though he's not a sympathetic character, at least not to my modern sensibilities, I find his bombast and hyperbole fun to read. (  ) Jinjifore | Sep 28, 2007 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 071903096X, Paperback)This fully annotated version of Tamburlaine, with parts one and two in a single volume, is the first scholarly edition to appear in over 50 years. It takes account of the recent work on Christopher Marlowe that has significantly enriched our understanding of the dramatist and his period. The text is related to contemporary theatrical conventions and conditions, and offers a critical account of the play closely attuned to a sense of theatre. In his introduction to the volume, J.S. Cunningham discusses the plays response to "Machiavellian" ideas and the degree to which its sensational violence can provoke laughter from the audience. (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:42:20 -0400) No library descriptions found. |
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