Christopher Marlowe in Context / edited by Emily C. Bartels and Emma Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bartels, Emily Carroll, editor.

Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine), editor.

Series:

Literature in context.

Literature in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Marlowe, Christopher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 382 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A contemporary of William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe was one of the most influential early modern dramatists, whose life and mysterious death have long been the subject of critical and popular speculation. This collection sets Marlowe's plays and poems in their historical context, exploring his world and his wider cultural influence. Chapters by leading international scholars discuss both his major and lesser-known works. Divided into three sections, 'Marlowe's works', 'Marlowe's world', and 'Marlowe's reception', the book ranges from Marlowe's relationship with his own audience through to adaptations of his plays for modern cinema. Other contexts for Marlowe include history and politics, religion and science. Discussions of Marlowe's critics and Marlowe's appeal today, in performance, literature and biography, show how and why his works continue to resonate; and a comprehensive further reading list provides helpful suggestions for those who want to find out more.

Contents:

Chronology of Marlowe's life and works / Catherine Clifford and Martin Wiggins

Introduction / Emily C. Bartels and Emma Smith

Part I. Marlowe's Works

1. Marlowe's chronology and canon / Martin Wiggins

2. Marlowe's magic books: the material text / Leah S. Marcus

3. Marlowe and the limits of rhetoric / Catherine Nicholson

4. Marlowe and character / Laurie Maguire and Aleksandra Thostrup

5. Marlowe's dramatic form / Sarah Dewar-Watson

6. Marlowe's poetic form / Danielle Clarke 7. Marlowe and the Elizabethan theatre audience / Brian Walsh

8. Marlowe and classical literature / Syrithe Pugh

9. Marlowe's medievalism / Chris Chism

10. Marlowe's libraries: a history of reading / Elizabeth Spiller

11. Marlowe's translations / Jenny C. Mann

Part II. Marlowe's World

12. Geography and Marlowe / Jacques Lezra

13. Marlowe, history, and politics / Paulina Kewes

14. Marlowe and social distinction / James R. Siemon

15. Marlowe, death-worlds, and warfare / Patricia Cahill

16. Education, the university, and Marlowe / Elizabeth Hanson

17. Marlowe and the question of will / Kathryn Schwartz

18. Marlowe and the self / Lars Engle

19. Race, nation, and Marlowe / Emily C. Bartels

20. Marlowe and religion / Gillian Woods

21. Marlowe and Queer Theory / David Clark

22. Marlowe and women / Alison Findlay

23. Marlowe and the New Science / Mary Thomas Crane

24. The professional theatre and Marlowe / Tom Rutter

Part III. Reception

25. Marlowe in his moment / Holger Schott Syme

26. Marlowe and Shakespeare revisited / Thomas Cartelli

27. Marlowe in Caroline theatre / Lucy Munro

28. Marlowe's literary influence / Lisa Hopkins

29. Marlowe in the movies / Pascale Aebischer

30. Editing Marlowe's texts / Andrew Duxfield

31. Marlowe's biography / Thomas Healy

32. Marlowe and the critics / Adam Hansen

33. Marlowe now / Paul Menzer.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-89071-9

1-107-24126-X

1-107-55936-7

1-107-24755-1

1-107-25004-8

1-107-25087-0

1-139-06088-0

1-107-24838-8

1-107-24921-X

OCLC:

852158300