A Preface to MarloweLongman, 2000 - 270 Seiten This study provides an authoritative overview of all Marlowe's work. It includes thorough investigations of his major plays, Tamburlaine, Edward II, The Jew of Malta and Doctor Faustus as well as a full discussion of The Massacre at Paris, Dido Queen of Carthage and all his extant poetry. Analysis of Faustus takes full account of both A and B text versions. Thoroughly researched and yet presented in an accessible, engaging style, A Preface to Marlowe reads Marlowe's life and times, as well as his work, in the light of current critical theory. Consequently, it is a vital guide for all students of early modern drama. As well as providing sharp analysis of stage history, Dr Simkin reflects on the wider significance of a stage-oriented approach. The result is a reading of Marlowe that re-opens debates about his status as a radical figure and as a subversive playwright and invites the reader to experience the plays as immediate, exciting, 'live' documents. |
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... play was first performed in 1589 or 1590 , and it is impossible to know how the play may have evolved over that time from its ' original ' version . The text we have inherited of The Massacre at Paris is widely acknowledged to be a very ...
... play is defiantly anti - Christian . There is certainly some evidence to support a reading of Tamburlaine as a re- affirmation of its author's supposed atheism , since almost invariably the calls for divine intervention seem to be ...
... play might have been designed to recall the marriage of Mary Tudor to Philip of Spain ( 1554 ) , which had proved disastrous for both Mary and her country ( Deats , 1997 , pp . 116-17 ) . Such speculations are intriguing but finally ...
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Chronological table | 7 |
Early years | 13 |
Marlowes theatrical career | 20 |
Urheberrecht | |
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