The Works Of Christopher Marlowe With Some Account Of The Author And Notes By The Reverend Alexander Dyce

by Christopher Marlowe, Alexander Dyce (Editor)

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Genres: Poetry, Classics, Drama, Plays

468 pages, Hardcover

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

[TheRealGoob · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marlowe toes the line expertly between gratuitous gore and humor. He is the dark shadow of Shakespeare who uses his work to communicate the fears of unparalleled power and no separation of church and state even before the modern era.

[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...

[Scott Cinsavich · Rating 3 out of 5]

They say he is the king of Persia; But, if he dare attempt to stir your siege,

[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 -