Christopher Marlowe's four major plays are daring explorations of themes such as the nature of kingship, salvation and damnation, sexuality, and ethnic prejudice. This book links in-depth discussions of extracts from these major to enhance our understanding of Marlowe's themes, style, and significance in the evolution of Elizabethan drama.
FREE Two-Day Shipping for students on millions of items. Learn more |
| |||||||||||||||
Book Description
Special Offers and Product Promotions
- Buy $50 in qualifying physical textbooks, get $5 in Amazon MP3 Credit. Here's how (restrictions apply)
Editorial Reviews
Review
"...offers new students...analytical skills through which to approach Marlowe's works, while also highlighting the central themes..."--Katherine Larson, MSA Book Reviews
About the Author
Stevie Simkin is Senior Lecturer in Drama, King Alfred's College of Higher Education.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
The pattern of this first chapter of extracts will not match the layout of the chapters that follow: rather than looking closely at one passage from each of Marlowe's plays, as most subsequent chapters will, in this opening section we are going to consider two extracts from each play, the prologue and the first scene. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Doctor Faustus, Old Man, Helen of Troy, Good Angel, Elizabethan England, Black Humour, Friar Barnardine, Methods of Analysis, Analysing Marlou, Analysing Marlowe, Harry Levin, Jonathan Dollimore, Bishop of Winchester, Radical Tragedy, The Merchant of Venice, Evil Angel, Friar Jacomo, Lord Admiral's Men, Lord Protector, Shakespeare's Macbeth, Virgins of Damascus New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The pattern of this first chapter of extracts will not match the layout of the chapters that follow: rather than looking closely at one passage from each of Marlowe's plays, as most subsequent chapters will, in this opening section we are going to consider two extracts from each play, the prologue and the first scene. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Doctor Faustus, Old Man, Helen of Troy, Good Angel, Elizabethan England, Black Humour, Friar Barnardine, Methods of Analysis, Analysing Marlou, Analysing Marlowe, Harry Levin, Jonathan Dollimore, Bishop of Winchester, Radical Tragedy, The Merchant of Venice, Evil Angel, Friar Jacomo, Lord Admiral's Men, Lord Protector, Shakespeare's Macbeth, Virgins of Damascus New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 54
books:
See all 54 books this book cites
6
books
cite this book:
See all 6 books citing this book
- The Jew of Malta (Dover Thrift Editions) by Christopher Marlowe on 29 pages
- The Jew Of Malta by Christopher Marlowe on 29 pages
- Dr. Faustus (Dover Thrift Editions) by Christopher Marlowe on 27 pages
- The Merchant of Venice (Saddleback Classics) by Emily Hutchinson on 5 pages
- Radical Tragedy: Religion, Ideology and Power in the Drama of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries by Jonathan Dollimore on 5 pages
See all 54 books this book cites
- Shakespeare: Three Problem Plays (Analysing Texts) by Nicholas Marsh in Front Matter
- George Eliot: The Novels (Analysing Texts (Palgrave MacMillan)) by Mike Edwards in Front Matter
- William Blake: the Poems (Analysing Texts) by Nicholas Marsh in Front Matter
- Studying Shakespeare: A Guide to the Plays by Laurie Maguire in Back Matter
- William Blake: the Poems (Analysing Texts) by Nicholas Marsh in Front Matter
See all 6 books citing this book
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
