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Christopher Marlowe and the Renaissance of Tragedy
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Book Code: B3673
ISBN: 0-275-93673-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-93673-0
200 pages
Praeger Paperback
Publication: 11/30/1995
List Price: $27.95 (UK Sterling Price: £16.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • ...Marlowe's reputation as an author and an innovative dramatist is assured, and Douglas Cole's book is an excellent assessment of it.
    —Ricardian Register
Description: This work focuses on Marlowe's works as an index of the major transformation of Elizabethan theatrical practices. In the opening chapter, Cole reviews the unusually intriguing historical record of Marlowe's life outside the theatre. The body of the book addresses Marlowe's individual plays as experiments in extending and redefining the traditional concepts and techniques of tragic drama, and suggests how his contemporaries and followers made use of his innovations. Intended as an introduction to the subject, this book provides an insightful approach to Marlowe's work and the study of Elizabethan thought and theatre.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword by Josh Beer, Christopher Innes, and Simon Williams
  • Prologue
  • Chronology
  • Matters of Life and Death
  • The World of the Theatre in the Reign of Elizabeth
  • Dido, Queen of Carthage: Tragedy in the Classical Tradition
  • Tamburlaine the Great: Tragical Discourse and Spectacle
  • Machiavellian Tragedy: The Massacre at Paris and The Jew of Malta
  • Edward II: Tragedy in the De Casibus Tradition
  • Doctor Faustus: Tragedy in the Allegorical Tradition
  • Marlowe's Legacy to Tragedy
  • Appendix A: Thomas Kyd's Accusations of Marlowe
  • Appendix B: Richard Baines' Note
  • Works Cited
  • Index
LC Card Number: 95-23019
LCC Class: PR2674
Dewey Class: 822
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