Constructing Christopher Marlowe

Zusammenfassung This collection of essays will challenge some preconceptions about Marlowe by tackling major aspects of his dramaturgy! his use of magic! the homoeroticism of the plays! his female characters! twentieth-century performances of his plays! and the radical nature of his narrative poem Hero and Leander. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of contributors; Editors' note; List of abbreviations; Introduction J. T. Parnell; 1. Marlowe: facts and fictions J. A. Downie; 2. Marlowe and the Rose Julian M. C. Bowsher; 3. Marlowe and the editors Richard Proudfoot; 4. Marlowe and the metaphysics of magicians Gareth Roberts; 5. Marlowe's 'theatre of cruelty' Janet Clare; 6. Marlowe onstage: the deaths of the author Lois Potter; 7. A bit of ruff: criticism, fantasy, Marlowe Simon Shepherd; 8. 'Writ in blood': Marlowe and the new historicists Richard Wilson; 9. Hero and Leander: the arbitrariness of desire Claude J. Summers; 10. Gender and voice in Hero and Leander Georgia E. Brown; 11. Marlowe's politic women Joanna Gibbs; 12. Edward II, Derek Jarman, and the state of English Lawrence Normand; Notes; Select bibliography of works cited; Index.

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• Authors: J. A. Downie, J. A. Parnell Downie
• Assisted by: J. A. Downie (Editor), J. T. Parnell (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.05.2000
• EAN: 9780521572552
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57255-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies