Jew of Malta - Christopher Marlowe

Informationen zum Autor N. W. Bawcutt, formerly a Reader, is now Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of English at the University of Exeter Klappentext Thorough annotation and commentary. Emphasis on the political, historical and religious allusions in the play. Presented in a clear and lucid form. Zusammenfassung Based on the 1633 quarto! which is shown to be more authentic than most scholars had allowed. The text includes an account of the sources of the play! with discussion of Marlowe's knowledge of Mediterranean history! and consideration of Elizabethan Machiavellianism. Inhaltsverzeichnis General editor's prefacePrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction:1. Date and stage history2. Sources3. The play4. The textThe Jew of MaltaAppendices:A. Heywood's Dedication, Prologues, and EpiloguesB. LineationC. The staging of the Jew of MaltaGlossarial index to the commentary

Product details

• Authors: N. W. Bawcutt, Christopher Marlowe
• Assisted by: N. Bawcutt (Editor), N. W. Bawcutt (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.1980
• EAN: 9780719016189
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-1618-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Revels Plays (Paperback); The Revels Plays; Revels Plays (Paperback)
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Englisch, Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker, Drama, Theaterstücke, Drehbücher