Placing the Plays of Christopher Marlowe

by Sara Munson Deats, Robert A. Logan (Editor)

Focusing upon Marlowe the playwright as opposed to Marlowe the man, the essays in this collection position the dramatist's plays within the dramaturgical, ethical, and sociopolitical matrices of his own era. The volume also examines some of the most heated controversies of the early modern period, such as the anti-theatrical debate, the relations between parents and children, Machiavaelli¹s ideology, the legitimacy of sectarian violence, and the discourse of addiction. Some of the chapters also explore Marlowe's polysemous influence on the theater of his time and of later periods, but, most centrally, upon his more famous contemporary poet/playwright, William Shakespeare.

262 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Sara Munson Deats currently holds the title of Distinguished University Professor of English and Co-Director of the Center of Applied Humanities at University of South Florida (USF). Dr. Deats received her B.A. from UCLA and continued her studies, first at Stanford University and later at UCLA, where she received her Ph.D. in 1970. During her tenure at USF, she has served as Director of the Graduate English Program, Chair of the English Department, and Associate Dean of both the Colleges of Arts and Letters and the Graduate School. She has also served as President of the Faculty Senate.