Marlowe, History, and Sexuality: New Critical Essays on Christopher MarloweThe year 1993 marked the 400th anniversary of Marlowe's death by stabbing in a tavern brawl. It also served as a rallying point for novels, plays, a film and many scholarly events. Marlowe's life and writings, his commitments and ambivalences, his politically correct and violently anti-establishment posturings make him a man for the 1990s. This work contains 13 essays by Marlovian writers of today. |
Contents
CHARLES NICHOLL | 1 |
Marlowes Quarrel with | 15 |
and Renaissance Ideas of a Literary Career | 39 |
Copyright | |
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