The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe (v. 4)

Of English Renaissance dramatists, Christopher Marlowe arguably stands second only to Shakespeare in the minds of students, directors, and theatre-goers. Yet despite this fascination with the man and his works, until the present Oxford English Texts edition there has been no complete edition of the works that not only gives them in their original spelling - with full textual apparatus - but also supplies a detailed commentary. Marlow's Jew of Malta - a very popular play in its day, as entries in Henslowe's Diary testify - ranks as one of the most imaginative creations of Elizabethan drama, having no known antecedents for the main events of the plot, and no known counterpart for its protagonist. Here it is presented in a text derived from the 1633 Quarto, with an apparatus of emendations and a full commentary on sources, allusions, and the meaning of difficult passages.

ISBN 0198127707   Part volume Jew of Malta ISBN13 9780198127703 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 326 Imprint Clarendon Press   Published in Oxford Format Hardback   Series editor Wells, Stanley Publication date 16 Nov 1995   Series ISSN 4 Non-book description xx, 127 p. :   Series title Oxford English Texts Library of Congress 95010571   Height (mm) 216 DEWEY 822.3   Width (mm) 138 DEWEY edition DC22   Spine width (mm) 13 Pages 148   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

		Introduction
		Marlowe and Malta
		Date and Text
		References and Abbreviations
		The Jew of Malta		1
		Appendix: Epistle, Prologues, and Epilogues		86
		Accidental Emendations		89
		Commentary		94
		Select Bibliography		125

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