Christopher Marlowe and His Associates

by John H. Ingram

Excerpt from Christopher Marlowe and His Associates
For upwards of three centuries the brightness of Marlowe's name has been dimmed by libel and slander. One writer after another has copied the legends of his predecessors, generally adding his own myth to the mixen, until a long list of authorities can be adduced as testimony against the poet; but repetition is not confirmation, and the only basis for imputing 'hellish sins' to him is puritanical malice - supported by libel and forgery.
The following pages will show that the remembrance and references of every one who knew Marlowe personally are favourable to his character. He is seen moving in all that was best, noblest, and most intellectual of English society of those days.

305 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1970

About the author

John Henry Ingram was an English biographer and editor.

Reviews

[Jinjifore · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sadly, this book is significant mostly for its flaws.[return][return]This is one of the first book-length treatments of Marlowe's life, but was published before Leslie Hotson's discovery of many of the facts about Marlowe's death. Ingram's major predecessor was James Broughton, who published an excellent analysis of the known facts about Marlowe in the Gentleman's Magazine in 1830. Broughton's discovery of Marlowe's burial records led Ingram to publish a facsimile of the burial record in this book. Although Ingram's transcription of the entry was almost completely wrong, the publication itself proved to be a great boon to Marlowe scholarship, giving other scholars the opportunity to see (and read) the entries for themselves.[return][return]The rest of the book is, unfortunately, cloyingly sentimental and wildly speculative. It's interesting in the context of the history of Marlovian research, but is otherwise is a highly unimpressive piece of research.