The Cambridge introduction to Christopher Marlowe / Tom Rutter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rutter, Tom.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Cambridge introductions to literature

Cambridge introduction to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593--Criticism and interpretation.

Marlowe, Christopher.

Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xiv, 149 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Christopher Marlowe

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Providing a comprehensive survey of Christopher Marlowe's literary career, this Introduction presents an approachable account of the life, works and influence of the ground-breaking Elizabethan dramatist and poet. It includes in-depth discussions of all of Marlowe's plays, stressing what was new and revolutionary about them as well as how they made use of existing dramatic models. In addition to introducing the reader to the historical and religious contexts within which Marlowe wrote, the Introduction stresses the qualities that continue to make his work fascinating: intellectual range, radical irony and an awareness of the dangerously compelling power of theatre.

Relates Marlowe to his dramatic predecessors and to other contemporaries as well as Shakespeare, emphasising Marlowe's importance as an innovator rather than allowing him to remain in Shakespeare's shadow

Covers Marlowe's afterlives from the early modern period onward in print on stage and in other media

Includes discussion of Marlowe's often-neglected poetry and translations of Ovid and Lucan, providing a complete and rounded sense of his career

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Contents:

Chapter 1 Life and historical contexts 1

Canterbury: birth and early education 1

Cambridge and the translations of Ovid 5

'Good service' and 'faithful dealing' 7

London: the success of Tamburlaine 11

Brushes with the law 14

Marlowe and patronage 16

Marlowe, atheism and the Baines note 17

Chapter 2 Tamburlaine, Parts One and Two 22

1580s drama and its influence 22

What's new about Tamburlaine? 25

Mighty lines 26

Words and power 29

Tamburlaine, politics and religion 31

Judging Tamburlaine 35

Sequel-itis? 37

Chapter 3 Doctor Faustus 41

The 'Faust Book' 41

Renaissance magic and science 42

The Protestant Reformation 47

Focus on Scene 7: 'When I behold the heavens' 50

Power and theatre 54

Audience response and the two texts of Doctor Faustus 57

Chapter 4 The Jew of Malta and The Massacre at Paris 61

Machiavel and Vice in The Jew of Malta 62

The Machiavel in The Massacre at Paris 67

Religion, race and nationality 69

The place of the audience 75

Chapters Edward II 79

History 79

Sexuality, gender and status 86

Late Marlowe? 93

Chapter 6 Dido, Queen of Carthage and Marlowe's poetry 99

Ovid 99

Dido, Queen of Carthage 102

Lucan 107

'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love' 110

Hero and Leander 113

Chapter 7 Marlowe's afterlives 118

Marlowe in the early modern period 118

Marlowe on stage: The Jew of Malta, Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine and Dido 124

Marlowe in other media: Edward II and A Dead Man in Deptford 132.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-141) and index.

ISBN:

9780521196345

0521196345

9780521124300

0521124301

OCLC:

756280494