Christopher Marlowe in Context

✍ Scribed by Emily C. Bartels, Emma Smith

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 411
• Series: Literature in Context
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The life and death of Christopher Marlowe has long been shrouded in mystery and subject to speculation. One of the foremost dramatists of his day, Marlowe and his writings exerted an influence not only on the work of his contemporaries, including Shakespeare, but also on literary culture to the present. Setting Marlowe's writings in their historical context, this collection showcases the most exciting critics writing on critical and contextual approaches to his poems and plays, discussing both major and lesser-known works. In three sections, 'Marlowe's works', 'Marlowe's world', and 'Marlowe's reception,' short chapters tell a story ranging from classical literature through to modern cinema. Other topics covered include religion, geography, audience, and women. Chapters on the critics and Marlowe now show how and why his works continue to resonate and a comprehensive further reading list provides helpful suggestions for those who want to find out more.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
List of illustrations......Page 9
Notes on contributors......Page 10
A chronology of Marlowe’s life and works......Page 16
List of abbreviations......Page 29
Introduction......Page 30
Part I - Marlowe’s works......Page 34
1 - Marlowe’s chronology and canon......Page 36
2 - Marlowe’s magic books......Page 44
3 - Marlowe and the limits of rhetoric......Page 56
4 - Marlowe and character......Page 68
5 - Marlowe’s dramatic form......Page 78
6 - Marlowe’s poetic form......Page 86
7 - Marlowe and the Elizabethan theatre audience......Page 97
8 - Marlowe and classical literature......Page 109
9 - Marlowe’s medievalism......Page 119
10 - Marlowe’s libraries......Page 130
11 - Marlowe’s translations......Page 139
12 - Geography and Marlowe......Page 154
13 - Marlowe, history, and politics......Page 167
Part II - Marlowe’s world......Page 152
14 - Marlowe and social distinction......Page 184
15 - Marlowe, death-worlds, and warfare......Page 198
16 - Education, the university, and Marlowe......Page 210
17 - Marlowe and the question of will......Page 221
18 - Marlowe and the self......Page 231
19 - Race, nation, and Marlowe......Page 241
20 - Marlowe and religion......Page 251
21 - Marlowe and queer theory......Page 261
22 - Marlowe and women......Page 271
23 - Marlowe and the new science......Page 281
24 - The professional theatre and Marlowe......Page 291
Part III - Reception......Page 302
25 - Marlowe in his moment......Page 304
26 - Marlowe and Shakespeare revisited......Page 314
27 - Marlowe in Caroline theatre......Page 325
28 - Marlowe’s literary influence......Page 335
29 - Marlowe in the movies......Page 345
30 - Editing Marlowe’s texts......Page 354
31 - Marlowe’s biography......Page 363
32 - Marlowe and the critics......Page 375
33 - Marlowe now......Page 386
Further reading......Page 395
Index......Page 407