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Christopher Marlowe and the renaissance of tragedy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cole, Douglas
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, CT : Praeger, 1995.
Subjects:
Marlowe, Christopher, > 1564-1593 > Criticism and interpretation.
Marlowe, Christopher, > 1564-1593 > Stage history > England.
Theater > England > History > 16th century.
Tragedy.
English drama
Table of Contents:
  • Matters of life and death
  • The world of the theatre in the reign of Elizabeth
  • Dido Queen of Carthage : tragedy in the classical tradition
  • Tamburlaine the Great : tragical discourse and spectacle
  • Machiavellian tragedy : The massacre at Paris and The Jew of Malta
  • Edward II : tragedy in the De casibus tradition
  • Doctor Faustus : tragedy in the allegorical tradition
  • Marlowe's legacy to tragedy.