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Christopher Marlowe and the Renaissance of Tragedy

Douglas Cole author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:30th Nov '95

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Assesses the consequences of Marlowe's life in the theatre: how his plays transformed the literary traditions of his time and how they helped redefine the themes of tragedy.

This work focuses on Marlowe's works as an index of the major transformation of Elizabethan theatrical practices. Intended as an introduction to the subject, this book provides an insightful approach to Marlowe's work and the study of Elizabethan thought and theatre.

This work focuses on Marlowe's works as an index of the major transformation of Elizabethan theatrical practices. In the opening chapter, Cole reviews the unusually intriguing historical record of Marlowe's life outside the theatre. The body of the book addresses Marlowe's individual plays as experiments in extending and redefining the traditional concepts and techniques of tragic drama, and suggests how his contemporaries and followers made use of his innovations. Intended as an introduction to the subject, this book provides an insightful approach to Marlowe's work and the study of Elizabethan thought and thea

ISBN: 9780275936730

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 312g

200 pages