1st Edition

Christopher Marlowe (Routledge Revivals)

By Una Mary Ellis Fermor Copyright 2012
186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1927, this book aims to trace the development of Christopher Marlowe’s mind and art as these are revealed in the surviving parts of his work, while portraying the personality thus perceived. Professor Ellis-Fermor begins by looking at Marlowe’s life and early works, before making a more detailed study of Tamburlaine , Faustus , The Plays of Policy , and finaly Hero and... Read more

Introduction  1. Life  2. Early Work: The Elegies of Ovid; The First Book of Lucan; Dido  3. Tamburlaine  4. Tamburlaine (cont’d)  5. Faustus  6. The Plays of Policy – i. The Jew of Malta  7. The Plays of Policy – ii. The Massacre at Paris  8. The Plays of Policy – iii. Edward II.  9. Hero and Leander  10. Conclusion  Appendix 1. The Contention and the True Tragedy  2. Marlowe in the Eyes of His Contemporaries

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Una Mary Ellis Fermor