The Plays

Tamburlaine the Great - I and II, Dr Faustus (A Text and B Text) The Jew of Malta, Edward II, The Massacre at Paris, Dido Queen of Carthage. With Introductions by Emma Smith. If Shakespeare had died at the age Marlowe died, there would have been no question that Marlowe was the leading figure in English Renaissance drama. This edition of all his plays shows why. The plays give us a clear picture of Marlowe as a radical theatrical poet of great linguistic and dramatic daring, whose characters constantly strive to break out of the social, religious and rhetorical bonds within which they are confined. Accused during his lifetime of blasphemy and homosexuality, Marlowe still has the power to challenge our assumptions about conventional morality, through his innovative theatricality. By placing less-known plays such as The Massacre at Paris and Dido Queen of Carthage alongside the acknowledged masterpieces Edward II and Dr Faustus, this edition gives a full picture of Marlowe's distinctive and provocative talent.

ISBN 1840221305   Pages 560 ISBN13 9781840221305 (What's this?)   Part volume Edward II / Dr Faustus (A Text and B Text) / The Jew of Malta / Publisher Wordsworth Editions Ltd   Weight (grammes) 363 Imprint Wordsworth Editions Ltd   Published in Herts Format Paperback   Series title Wordsworth Classics of World Literature Publication date 17 Jan 2000   Height (mm) 198 Writer of introduction Emma Smith   Width (mm) 129 DEWEY 822.3   Spine width (mm) 28 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Children, General, Tertiary education, Teenage / young adult

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