The Cambridge Companion to Christopher MarlowePatrick Cheney The Cambridge Companion to Christopher Marlowe, first published in 2004, provides a full introduction to one of the great pioneers of both the Elizabethan stage and modern English poetry. It recalls that Marlowe was an inventor of the English history play (Edward II) and of Ovidian narrative verse (Hero and Leander), as well as being author of such masterpieces of tragedy and lyric as Doctor Faustus and 'The Passionate Shepherd to his Love'. Sixteen leading scholars provide accessible and authoritative chapters on Marlowe's life, texts, style, politics, religion, and classicism. The volume also considers his literary and patronage relationships and his representations of sexuality and gender and of geography and identity; his presence in modern film and theatre; and finally his influence on subsequent writers. The Companion includes a chronology of Marlowe's life, a note on reference works, and a reading list for each chapter. |
Contents
Marlowes life | |
Marlovian texts | |
Marlowe andstyle Russ Mcdonald 5 Marlowe andthe politics | |
Paul Whitfield White | |
JamesP Bednarz 7 Marlowes poems and classicism | |
Mark Thornton Burnett | |
The JewofMalta Julia Reinhard Lupton 10 Edward IIThomas Cartelli | |
Sara Munson Deats 13 Tragedy patronage and power Richard Wilson 14 Geography and identity | |
gender and sexuality | |
Marlowe in theatre and film | |
Marlowes reception andinfluence | |
Index | |
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