Marlowe: A Critical Study

by J. B. Steane

Overview

This is a thorough critical study of Marlowe's entire output - plays, translations and poems - prefaced by a biographical chapter. It is an attempt to provide the 'life and works' study for the general reader. Mr Steane takes the poetry as the centre of his interest; offering a literary judgement on Marlowe's art rather than further discussion of sources and background. He provides a balanced account of a great poetic dramatist, a writer of exceptional power whose poetry also reveals profound human flaws.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521096249
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/02/1970
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

Preface to the paperback edition; Preface; Part I: 1. Marlowe's life: facts and theories; Part II. The Plays: 2. The Tragedie of Dido; 3. Tamburlaine; 4. Doctor Faustus; 5. The Jew of Malta; 6. Edward II; A note on 'The Massacre at Paris'; Part III. The Poems: 7. The First Book of Lucan; 8. Ovid's Elegies; 9. Hero and Leander; Part IV: 10. Conclusion; Appendices; An additional note on Edward II; Selected Bibliography; Index.