02690nam 2200553Ia 450 991077702170332120230721031312.01-281-35757-X97866113575730-7486-3058-910.1515/9780748630585(CKB)1000000000414445(EBL)343575(OCoLC)437209210(MiAaPQ)EBC343575(Au-PeEL)EBL343575(CaPaEBR)ebr10435299(CaONFJC)MIL135757(DE-B1597)616773(DE-B1597)9780748630585(OCoLC)1302166635(EXLCZ)99100000000041444520080204d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierChristopher Marlowe, Renaissance dramatist[electronic resource] /Lisa HopkinsEdinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20081 online resource (193 p.)Renaissance dramatistsDescription based upon print version of record.0-7486-2472-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-175) and index.COVER; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chronology; 1. Marlowe's Life and Death; 2. The Marlowe Canon; 3. Marlowe on Stage, 1587-2007: Theatrical Contexts and Dramaturgical Practice; 4. Marlowe as Scholar: Old and New Knowledges in the Plays; 5. Marlowe the Horizon-Stretcher: Daring God out of Heaven and Conquering New Worlds; 6. Critical Issues; Bibliography; IndexThis book offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to all of the plays of Christopher Marlowe. Marlowe is a playwright whose work taps into the central concerns of his age, many of which are still important to us - religious uncertainty, the clash between Islam and Christianity, the discovery of America, ideas of sexuality and gender identity, and the rôle of the marginalised inidividual in society. The book contains six chapters, each on a specific aspect of Marlowe's work and its cultural contexts: Marlowe's life and death; the Marlowe canon; the theatrical contexts and stage histoRenaissance dramatists.English dramaEarly modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600History and criticismEnglish dramaHistory and criticism.822/.3Hopkins Lisa1962-1462777MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777021703321Christopher Marlowe, Renaissance dramatist3804702UNINA