Doctor Faustus and Other Plays by Christopher Marlowe

Doctor Faustus and Other Plays by Christopher Marlowe

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This edition offers Marlowe's five major plays, which show the radicalism and vitality of his writing in the few years before his violent death. The texts of the plays have been edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. There is a scholarly introduction and annotation.

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Doctor Faustus and Other Plays by Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is the most important of Shakespeare's contempories. This edition offers his five major plays, which show the radicalism and vitality of his writing in the few years before his violent death. Tamburlaine Part One and Part Two deal with the rise to world prominence of the great Scythian shepherd-robber; The Jew of Malta is a drama of villainy and revenge; Edward II was to influence Shakespeare's Richard II. Doctor Faustus, perhaps the first drama taken from the medieval legend of a man who sells his soul to the devil, is here in both its A- and its B- text, showing the enormous and fascinating differences between the two. Under the General Editorship of Dr Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. In addition, there is a scholarly introduction and detailed annotation.
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ISBN 13 9780192834454
ISBN 10 0192834452
Title Doctor Faustus and Other Plays
Author Christopher Marlowe
Series Oxford World's Classics Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1998-08-01
Number of pages 538
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.