Marlowe was an enigmatic character â part poet, scholar, soldier, spy and tavern brawler â and his legend continues to elude historians. This eBook provides readers with a new and erudite edition of Marloweâs works, offering every play, poem, translation and much more. Now you can truly own all of Marloweâs works and a range of BONUS material on your eReader, and all in one well-organised file. (Current version: 4)
* concise introductions to the plays and other works
* ALL the plays, each with its own contents table â navigate easily between acts and scenes â find that special quotation quickly!
* even includes the apocryphal play LUSTâS DOMINION, available nowhere else
* contains both versions (A & B) of DOCTOR FAUSTUS
* ALL the poetry, with excellent formatting
* beautiful images relating to Marloweâs life, locations and works
* EVEN includes the SOURCES for some of the plays, allowing you to explore Marloweâs inspiration
* INCLUDES no less than 4 biographies â explore the playwrightâs mysterious life from multiple sources across history
* the SPECIAL literary criticism section boasts four works that examine Marloweâs contribution to literature
* scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
* includes a front MASTER table of contents, allowing easy navigation around Marloweâs immense oeuvre
* features a special âGlossary of Elizabethan Languageâ, which will aid your comprehension of difficult words and phrases
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CONTENTS:
The Plays
DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE
THE SOURCE TEXT OF DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE
TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT PART 1
TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT PART 2
THE JEW OF MALTA
DOCTOR FAUSTUS (A TEXT)
DOCTOR FAUSTUS (B TEXT)
EDWARD II
THE SOURCE TEXT OF EDWARD II
THE MASSACRE AT PARIS
The Apocryphal Play
LUSTâS DOMINION
The Poetry
TRANSLATION OF BOOK ONE OF LUCANâS THE PHARSALIA
TRANSLATION OF OVIDâS ELEGIES
THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE
THE NYMPHâS REPLY TO THE SHEPHERD BY SIR WALTER RALEIGH
HERO AND LEANDER
FRAGMENT
IN OBITUM HONORATISSIMI VIRI, ROGERI MANWOOD etc.
DIALOGUE IN VERSE
EPIGRAMS BY J.D.
The Criticism
EXTRACTS FROM âTHE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREâ BY SIDNEY LEE
THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE ON SHAKSPEREâS BY A. W. VERITY
EXTRACT FROM âA STUDY OF SHAKESPEAREâ BY ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE
SOME NOTES ON THE BLANK VERSE OF CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE BY T.S. ELIOT
The Biographies
MARLOWE AND HIS ASSOCIATES BY JOHN H. INGRAM
THE MUSESâ DARLING BY CHARLES NORMAN
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE BY J. G. LEWIS
THE DEATH OF CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE BY J. LESLIE HOTSON
GLOSSARY OF ELIZABETHAN LANGUAGE
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