Jew of Malta - With Related Texts

Klappentext This edition answers the needs of both beginning and advanced students: It features the text of Marlowe's play with modern spelling and punctuation! glosses and annotations on the page! and a thorough Introduction devoted to the play's historical! cultural! and theological contexts. In addition! it includes a generous selection of related texts! including excerpts from Machiavelli's The Prince ! Gentillet's Anti-Machiavel ! and Bacon's The Advancement of Learning . Its combination of pedagogical acuity and historical craft make Lynch's an excellent edition of Marlowe's play--one that also serves as a fine introduction to Elizabethan drama as a whole. It moreover offers a convenient window on the reception of Machiavelli in England and the representation of Christmas! Jews! and Turks on the Elizabethan stage. Zusammenfassung Features a modernised text of Marlowe's play with annotation on the page! a comprehensive introduction! and related texts! including selections from Machiavelli's "Prince"! Gentillet's "Anti-Machiavel"! and Bacon's "The Advancement of Learning".

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe, Sr. Marlowe
• Assisted by: LYNCH (Editor), Stephen J Lynch (Editor), Stephen J. Lynch (Editor)
• Publisher: Hackett Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2009
• EAN: 9780872209671
• ISBN: 978-0-87220-967-1
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies