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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154341803321

Autore

Honan Park

Titolo

Christopher Marlowe [[electronic resource] ] : poet & spy / / Park Honan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-162279-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 421 p. ) : ill., ports

Disciplina

822.3

Soggetti

Dramatists, English - Early modern, 1500-1700

Biography

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

I. A CANTERBURY YOUTH; 1. Birth; 2. Petty school and the parish; 3. The King's School; II. SCHOLAR AND SPY; 4. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; 5. Espionage; III. WITH SHAKESPEARE, KYD, AND THE RALEGH CIRCLE; 6. The Tamburlaine phenomenon; 7. Doctor Faustus; 8. A spy abroad; IV. SEXUALITY AND RECKONINGS; 9. The keen pleasures of sex; 10. A little matter of murder

Sommario/riassunto

Highlighting Christopher Marlowe's dangerous career as a part-time spy, as well as exploring his evolving relations, this biography provides new information on Marlowe's killer and the events leading up to his death at Deptford.