The Complete Works

by Christopher Marlowe

Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day. He greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was born in the same year as Marlowe and who rose to become the pre-eminent Elizabethan playwright after Marlowe's mysterious early death. Marlowe's plays are known for the use of blank verse and their overreaching protagonists.

Genres: Poetry, Classics, Drama, Plays

570 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1885

About the author

Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian next to William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own mysterious and untimely death.

The author's Wikipedia page.

Reviews

[WILLIAM SEATON · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interested readers may see my essay "The Bloody Venus of Marlowe’s 'Hero and Leander'” at https://williamseaton.blogspot.com/20...

[Gosia · Rating 5 out of 5]

so many pages of pure literary genius that faithful reprints of early editions only highlit, it gives one a true joy of reading

[Kyle K]

Tamburlaine -

Tamburlaine, Part II -

Doctor Faustus -

The Jew of Malta -

Edward II -

Dido -

The Massacre at Paris -

Hero and Leander -

Lyric Poems -

Ovid's Elegies -

The First Book of Lucan -