Tamburlaine the Great - Christopher Marlowe

Authoritative version of this much loved play. Back in print after a dozen years with corrections and amendations. Part of MUP's strategy to have the complete works of Marlowe in print by the year 2000. Very popular edition by one of the most respected dramatic scholars.

List of contents

Introduction
1. Christopher Marlowe
2. Authorship
3. Sources
4. From performance to publication
5. From notoriety to criticism
6. The play
7. Stage revivals
8. The text
Tamburlaine the Great
Part One
Part Two

About the author

J. S Cunningham was, until his retirement, Professor of English at the University of LeicesterEithne Henson is a retired Lecturer of English Literature.

Summary

This fully annotated version, with parts one and two in a single volume, takes account of the recent work on Marlowe. This text is related to contemporary theatrical conventions and conditions, and offers a critical account of the play closely attuned to a sense of theatre.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Marlowe
• Assisted by: J. S. Cunningham (Editor), Eithne Henson (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.1999
• EAN: 9780719030963
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-3096-3
• No. of pages: 356
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 502 g
• Series: The Revels Plays; The Revels Plays
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature