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Title: MARLOWE
THE PLAYS
By: Stevie Simkin
Format: Hardback

List price: £20.99


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ISBN 10: 0333922417
ISBN 13: 9780333922415
Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Pub. date: 27 June, 2001
Series: Analysing Texts
Pages: 263
Description: This title explores extracts from Marlowe's four plays, attempting to uncover key concerns, including heroes and anti heroes, gender, and power and politics. The reader is guided towards an understanding of these issues, in an Elizabethan context, and in the context of the 21st century.
Synopsis: Christopher Marlowe was the most successful dramatist of his time, his untimely death cutting short a career that may well have rivalled Shakespeare's. His four major works (Doctor Faustus, Edward II, The Jew of Malta and Tamburlaine) are remarkable pieces of theatre, daring explorations of themes such as the nature of kingship, salvation and damnation, sexuality and ethnic prejudice. This book looks in depth at extracts from each of the plays, exploring them in parallel to uncover key concerns, including heroes and anti-heroes, gender and power and politics. As well as guiding readers in an understanding of the place of these issues in their Elizabethan context, and inviting them to consider their resonance today, the book looks in depth at Marlowe's style: his use of rhythm, the complexities and richness of his poetry, and his evolving development of 'character'. Particular attention is given throughout to the plays in performance.
Illustrations: biography
Publication: UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Returns: Returnable
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