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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Edited by Francis Cunningham.This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1870 edition by Frederick Warne and Co., London. ... Read more

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Rewarding reading!
Having the works of Christopher Marlowe to work with while teaching Shakespeare to high schoolers is invaluable.They appreciate it also.
The controversy about "who wrote Shakespeare's plays" is living on. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Marlowe's poems
The Everyman's Poetry edition of Christopher Marlowe's poetry is a nice collection.With extensive notes and a lengthy introduction dealing with Marlowe's work and life, it is an excellent resource for students and admirers of Marlowe alike.

As for Marlowe's poetry itself, it can be quite tedious.Steeped in rhetoric and mythology, the long poems drone on for page after pretentious page.Personally, I prefer Marlowe's plays to his poetry but both formats show him to be a cerebral and skilled author.In short, the book is not for the casual reader.

Also of note, the vast majority of the book is made up of Marlowe's translations of other works.

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Marlowe's gifts as a dramatist are easily matched by his poetic accomplishments in other genres. While some may find his declamatory style and tendency toward bombast wearying in the plays, it is perfectly suited to the frieze-like beauties of HERO AND LEANDER, and particularly to the rhetorical excesses of Lucan, whose first book Marlowe translated "line for line." And few translations of Ovid AMORES capture his eroticism and wit as well as Marlowe's. A must-have selection of poems, convenient and affordable, although the apparatus and notes are not as helpful as those in the Penguin edition (now sadly out of print) edited by Stephen Orgel. ... Read more

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Key Features:* Study methods * Introduction to the text * Summaries with critical notes * Themes and techniques * Textual analysis of key passages * Author biography * Historical and literary background * Modern and historical critical approaches * Chronology * Glossary of literary terms ... Read more

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This study locates Marlowe's career, both as a dramatist and a spy, within the stage play world of Elizabethan society. It reconstructs the cultural mentality of the Elizabethan spectator through an analysis of the spectacles that were staged by the authorities to both display and maintain their power. It shows how religious and political hostility towards the Elizabethan public theatres was conditioned by a fear that they provided an alternative, or competing, space for spectacle. Marlowe's major plays indicate that this fear was well-founded since they offered a provocative critique of theatricalized as well as written propaganda. They encouraged their audiences to question the theatrical forms, or spectacles, associated with orthodox ideological positions. ... Read more

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A selective survey of literary criticism of Marlowe's drama and poetry designed for sixth-form students and undergraduates. The book offers a discussion of Marlowe's career and his impact on his immediate contemporaries. ... Read more

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Best known for his tragic plays and his refined and polished blank verse, Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) was born in the same year as fellow writer William Shakespeare. Marlowe's career was cut short by a tavern brawl, in which he died under circumstances as mysterious and violent as any of his dramas. This complete collection of Marlowe's poetry includes his translations of Ovid's Elegies and the First Book from Lucan's Civil Hero. The celebrated Hero and Leander, left unfinished at Marlowe's death, is also featured (the poem was later completed by George Chapman; only Marlowe's work appears here), as is the poet's most famous creation, "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love."
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This volume gathers together some of the best literary criticism devoted to the dramas and poems of Christopher Marlow. Harold Bloom's introduction focuses on The Jew of Malta, as the largest instance of Marlow's radical originality. Take an in-depth look at more of his work.

This title, Christopher Marlowe, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Christopher Marlowe through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Christopher Marlowe, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. ... Read more

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Marlowe's Underrated Play
As William Shakespeare wrote one play based on the conflicts between Greece and Troy ("Troilus and Cressida"), so Marlowe wrote his "Dido Queen of carthage." Obviously, Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida" was written after Marlowe's play. Still, you may wish to read Shakespeare's play first seeing that the events in his play come before the events in Marlowe's play. This is one of the few plays of Marlowe's not even mentioned in the movie "Shakespeare In Love." It never quite obtained the popularity of his "Jew of Malta" or "Dr. Faustus." Nevertheless, it is still a good play.

The story begins with Jupiter and Venus discussing the defeat of Troy. After Venus pleads on her son Aeneas's behalf, Jupiter promises that Aeneas will be spared and that Troy will rise again. Surviving Trojans Ilioneus and Clothas meet with Irabas (King of Gaetulia) and he welcomes them warmly and offers his hospitality. These surviving Trojans are later joined by Aeneas, his son Ascanius, and Achates. In a memorable passage, Aeneas tells of how Troy was defeated. He is also mentions one of the things he is most famous for. (Carrying his wounded father on his shoulders.)

Well, moving on, Aeneas's mother Venus takes Aeneas's son Ascanius and has her son Cupid impersonate Ascanius and influence Dido. She wants to beautiful queen Dido to marry Aeneas. Well, the plan starts to work, and Dido falls in love with Aeneas, and Aeneas accepts. All SEEMS well. But of course, the play is far from over.

Marlowe sets up a triangle. We know Dido loves Aeneas. Well, Irabas loves Dido (who does not reciprocate), and Anna loves Irabas (who does not reciprocate). Irabas prays to Jupiter for help, and Mercury tells Aeneas (in a dream) that he must return to Italy. Naturally, Aeneas is reluctant. Dido is able to convince Aeneas to defy Mercury for a short while, but to be sure, she steals Aeneas's oars and sails.

Well, Aeneas is content to stay, but Mercury himself comes on the scene. He brings Ascanius back to Aeneas and explains that he can not defy Jupiter any longer. Aeneas if of course upset, but he knows that he can not risk the wrath of the gods. Irabas is of course happy to provide Aeneas with the supplies he needs to leave. Poor Dido makes every attempt she can to stop Aeneas. She even offers to hand her crown to Anna if Anna can stop Aeneas. But even this final desperate attempt fails.

(Interesting side note: Anna loved her sister very much, and probably did not need this offer to carry through her request.) Dido gives a final articulate and touching passage before she kills herself. In a scene that combines beauty and horror, Irabas kills himself, and Anna concludes the play with her suicide. While I can't quite place this play up there with "Edward II" or "Dr. Faustus," it is a great play where Marlowe offers good passages and some really well drawn emotional episodes.

An Excellent Sequel To a Memorable Classic
Marlowe deserves credit for even trying to write a sequel to Homer's Trojan War. Jupiter (or Zeus) offers a powerful opening when he promises to aid the survivng Trojans including Aeneas. The triangle between Dido,Aneas, and Iarbus serves to keep us in suspense. The regrouping of thesurvivng Trojans is a memorable scene. Aeneas' telling of the war in 2.1 isdramatic and powerful. (Especially when he blames himself for allowing theTrojan Horse into their gates.) Juno (or Hera) is chilling as the venomouswoman she usually is. Iarbas and Anna draw sympathy as victims ofunrequited love. The tragic parting of Aeneas and Dido is quite moving, andthe triple suicide of Dido, Iarbas, and Anna is a sorrowful, chilling, andyet beautifully done ending. Only Marlowe could follow up Homer's TrojanWar with a sequel of this outstanding quality! ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1910.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Hero and Leander; Massacre at Paris; Tamburlaine the Great ... Read more

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In this evocative novel, set in 1597, two men are hired by conflicting political factions to get to the bottom of Christopher Marlowe's mysterious murder. Was the famous playwright the victim of a drunken brawl or did his death have a sinister dimension of political intrigue? ... Read more

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A truly wonderful book
Entered from the Sun is, I think, one of the best books I have ever read.It is beautifully written, and, like few other books I have read, brings forth the thoughts, smells, colors, and lives of a long forgotten age. Wellworth reading! ... Read more