The Jew of Malta: Christopher Marlowe

by N. Bawcutt (Editor)

Overview

Thorough annotation and commentary. Emphasis on the political, historical and religious allusions in the play. Presented in a clear and lucid form.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780719016189
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	02/01/1980
Series:	The Revels Plays
Edition description:	Illustrate
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 10.16(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

N. W. Bawcutt, formerly a Reader, is now Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of English at the University of Exeter

Table of Contents

General editor’s preface
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction:
1. Date and stage history
2. Sources
3. The play
4. The text
The Jew of Malta
Appendices:
A. Heywood’s Dedication, Prologues, and Epilogues
B. Lineation
C. The staging of the Jew of Malta
Glossarial index to the commentary