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Christopher Marlowe, Renaissance Dramatist / Lisa Hopkins.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Renaissance Dramas and Dramatists : RDDPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748624720
  • 9780748630585
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 822.3 22
LOC classification:
  • PR2674 .H67 2008eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- 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
Summary: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748624737');This book offers a lively introduction to all of the plays of Christopher Marlowe and to the central concerns of his age, many of which are still important to us - religious uncertainty, the clash between Islam and Christianity, ideas of sexuality, and the rôle of the marginalised inidividual in society.Each chapter focuses 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 history of the plays; Marlowe's interest in old and new branches of knowledge; the ways in which he transgresses against established norms and values; and the major issues which have been raised in critical discussions of his plays.Key FeaturesCovers all of Marlowe's plays, including Tamburlaine the Great, Doctor Faustus, Edward II and The Jew of MaltaEmphasises how daring Marlowe's ideas were at the time as well as their relevance to readers todayCovers the theatrical contexts of Marlowe's plays and their performance historyReassesses Marlowe's achievement as well as his relationship to Shakespeare"
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748630585

Frontmatter -- 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

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748624737');This book offers a lively introduction to all of the plays of Christopher Marlowe and to the central concerns of his age, many of which are still important to us - religious uncertainty, the clash between Islam and Christianity, ideas of sexuality, and the rôle of the marginalised inidividual in society.Each chapter focuses 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 history of the plays; Marlowe's interest in old and new branches of knowledge; the ways in which he transgresses against established norms and values; and the major issues which have been raised in critical discussions of his plays.Key FeaturesCovers all of Marlowe's plays, including Tamburlaine the Great, Doctor Faustus, Edward II and The Jew of MaltaEmphasises how daring Marlowe's ideas were at the time as well as their relevance to readers todayCovers the theatrical contexts of Marlowe's plays and their performance historyReassesses Marlowe's achievement as well as his relationship to Shakespeare"

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)