Christopher Marlowe, Renaissance dramatist / Lisa Hopkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hopkins, Lisa, 1962-

Series:

Renaissance dramatists.

Renaissance dramatists

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Marlowe, Christopher.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.

English drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2008.

Summary:

This book offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to all of the plays of Christopher Marlowe. Marlowe is a playwright whose work taps into the central concerns of his age, many of which are still important to us - religious uncertainty, the clash between Islam and Christianity, the discovery of America, ideas of sexuality and gender identity, and the rôle of the marginalised inidividual in society. The book contains six chapters, each on a specific aspect of Marlowe's work and its cultural contexts: Marlowe's life and death; the Marlowe canon; the theatrical contexts and stage histo

Contents:

COVER; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chronology; 1. Marlowe's Life and Death; 2. The Marlowe Canon; 3. Marlowe on Stage, 1587-2007: Theatrical Contexts and Dramaturgical Practice; 4. Marlowe as Scholar: Old and New Knowledges in the Plays; 5. Marlowe the Horizon-Stretcher: Daring God out of Heaven and Conquering New Worlds; 6. Critical Issues; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-175) and index.

ISBN:

9786611357573

9781281357571

128135757X

9780748630585

0748630589

OCLC:

437209210