Bibliograph

The complete plays, Christopher Marlowe ; edited by Frank Romany and Robert Lindsey

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Label

The complete plays, Christopher Marlowe ; edited by Frank Romany and Robert Lindsey

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxvi-xlii)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

dramas

Main title

The complete plays

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

52396843

Responsibility statement

Christopher Marlowe ; edited by Frank Romany and Robert Lindsey

Review

"Christopher Marlowe - a possible spy with a reputation for atheism who was murdered in mysterious circumstances - courted danger throughout his life. A sense of the dark forces operating in social and political relationships underlies his work. In Dr. Faustus, a man of great intellect and even greater ambition craves knowledge, and is prepared to sell his soul to the Devil to achieve it. Tamburlaine attempts to satisfy his desire for greatness through his domination over an ever-growing empire, while Edward II upsets the delicate balance of power in the land and plants the seed of his own murder. All the plays here show Marlowe's fascination with the tension between weak and strong, sacred and profane."--Jacket

Series statement

Penguin classics

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