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Loading... The Complete Playsby Christopher Marlowe
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0460879871, Paperback)This book gathers all seven of the dramas of Christopher Marlowe, in which the lure of dark forces drives the shifting balances between weak and strong, sacred and profane. Supported by textual notes and featuring modern punctuation and spelling, they include:- Dido, Queen of Carthage - Tamburlaine the Great, Part One - Tamburlaine the Great, Part Two - The Jew of Malta - Doctor Faustus - Edward the Second - The Massacre at Paris With a critical introduction, a chronology of Marlowe's life, extensive commentary, and a glossary, this will remain the authoritative anthology of Marlowe's plays for years to come. Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 1840221305, Paperback)If Shakespeare had died at the age Marlowe died, there would have been no question that Marlowe was the leading figure in English Renaissance drama. This edition of all his plays shows why. The plays give us a clear picture of Marlowe as a radical theatrical poet of great linguistic and dramatic daring, whose characters constantly strive to break out of the social, religious and rhetorical bonds within which they are confined. Accused during his lifetime of blasphemy and homosexuality, Marlowe still has the power to challenge our assumptions about conventional morality, through his innovative theatricality. By placing less-known plays such as The Massacre at Paris and Dido Queen of Carthage alongside the acknowledged masterpieces Edward II and Dr Faustus, this edition gives a full picture of Marlowe's distinctive and provocative talent.Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0460879952, Paperback)The only single-volume edition of Marlowe's poems available. Selections include "The Passionate Shepard," "Hero and Leander," "Lucan's First Book," and translations of Ovid's "Amore" and "Elegies."(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:58:11 -0500) |
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