Christopher Marlowe in Context [Paperback]

The most up-to-date contextual guide to Christopher Marlowe's world and the full range of his poetry and drama.Aimed at advanced undergraduates and graduate students as well as early modern scholars, this is the go-to collection for expert, readable interventions into critical debates about Marlowe in and outside early modern culture. Topics include 'Will', 'Race', 'The Movies', 'Marlowe Now', 'Editing' and 'Character'.Aimed at advanced undergraduates and graduate students as well as early modern scholars, this is the go-to collection for expert, readable interventions into critical debates about Marlowe in and outside early modern culture. Topics include 'Will', 'Race', 'The Movies', 'Marlowe Now', 'Editing' and 'Character'.The life and death of Christopher Marlowe has long been shrouded in mystery and subject to speculation. One of the foremost dramatists of his day, Marlowe and his writings exerted an influence not only on the work of his contemporaries, including Shakespeare, but also on literary culture to the present. Setting Marlowe's writings in their historical context, this collection showcases the most exciting critics writing on critical and contextual approaches to his poems and plays, discussing both major and lesser-known works. In three sections, 'Marlowe's works', 'Marlowe's world', and 'Marlowe's reception,' short chapters tell a story ranging from classical literature through to modern cinema. Other topics covered include religion, geography, audience, and women. Chapters on the critics and Marlowe now show how and why his works continue to resonate and a comprehensive further reading list provides helpful suggestions for those who want to find out more.Chronology of Marlowe's life and works Catherine Clifford and Martin Wiggins; Introduction Emily C. Bartels and Emma Smith; Part I. Marlowe's Works: 1. Marlowe's canon Martin Wiggins; 2. Marlowe's material texts Leah S. Marcus; 3. Marlowe and the limits of rhetoric Catherine Nicholson; 4. Marlowe aló,