Complete Plays of Christopher Marlowe

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Christopher Marlowe - a possible spy with a reputation for atheism who was murdered in mysterious circumstances - courted danger throughout his life. A sense of the dark forces operating in social and political relationships underlies his work. In Dr. Faustus, a man of great intellect and even greater ambition craves knowledge, and is prepared to sell his soul to the Devil to achieve it. Tamburlaine attempts to satisfy his desire for greatness through his domination over an ever-growing empire, while Edward II upsets the delicate balance of power in the land and plants the seed of his own murder. All the plays here show Marlowe's fascination with the tension between weak and strong, sacred and profane.

Genres playsclassicsdramafictionliteraturetheatrepoetry16th centurybritish literaturehistorical fiction

432 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1593

This edition

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Published: August 1, 1986 by Irvington Pub
ISBN: 9780829001624
ASIN: 082900162X
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About the author

christopher marlowe

Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian next to William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own mysterious and untimely death.

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