Delphi Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe (Illustrated)

Features:

beautiful images relating to Marlowe’s life, locations and works

annotated introductions to the plays and other works, giving valuable contextual information

ALL the plays, each with its own contents table – navigate easily between acts and scenes – find that special quotation quickly!

even includes the apocryphal play LUST'S DOMINION, available nowhere else

contains both versions (A B) of DOCTOR FAUSTUS

ALL the poetry, with excellent formatting

EVEN includes the SOURCES for some of the plays, allowing you to explore Marlowe’s inspiration

INCLUDES no less than 4 biographies – explore the playwright’s mysterious life from multiple sources across history

the SPECIAL literary criticism section boasts four works that examine Marlowe’s contribution to literature

scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

includes a front MASTER table of contents, allowing easy navigation around Marlowe’s immense oeuvre

features a special 'Glossary of Elizabethan Language', which will aid your comprehension of difficult words and phrases

UPDATED with corrected Edward II text

UPDATED with modernised DIDO text, in response to a customer's feedback

Were it not for his untimely death, Christopher Marlowe was destined to become one of the world’s greatest writers, with some believing he would have even eclipsed his contemporary Shakespeare. Marlowe was an enigmatic character - part poet, scholar, soldier, spy and tavern brawler - and his legend continues to elude historians. This eBook provides readers with a new and erudite edition of Marlowe’s works, offering every play, poem, translation and much more. Now you can truly own all of Marlowe’s works and a range of BONUS material on your Kindle, and all in ONE well-organised file.

CONTENTS

The Plays

DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE

THE SOURCE TEXT OF DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE

TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT PART 1

TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT PART 2

THE JEW OF MALTA

DOCTOR FAUSTUS (A TEXT)

DOCTOR FAUSTUS (B TEXT)

EDWARD II

THE SOURCE TEXT OF EDWARD II

THE MASSACRE AT PARIS

The Apocryphal Play

LUST'S DOMINION

The Poetry

TRANSLATION OF BOOK ONE OF LUCAN'S THE PHARSALIA

TRANSLATION OF OVID'S ELEGIES

THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE

THE NYMPH'S REPLY TO THE SHEPHERD BY SIR WALTER RALEIGH

HERO AND LEANDER

FRAGMENT

IN OBITUM HONORATISSIMI VIRI, ROGERI MANWOOD, MILITIS, QUÆSTORII REGI- NALIS CAPITALIS BARONIS

DIALOGUE IN VERSE

EPIGRAMS BY J.D.

The Criticism

EXTRACTS FROM ‘THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’ BY SIDNEY LEE

THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE ON SHAKSPERE'S EARLIER STYLE BY A. W. VERITY

EXTRACT FROM ‘A STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE’ BY ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE

SOME NOTES ON THE BLANK VERSE OF CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE BY T.S. ELIOT

The Biographies

MARLOWE AND HIS ASSOCIATES BY JOHN H. INGRAM

THE MUSES' DARLING BY CHARLES NORMAN

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE - OUTLINES OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS BY J. G. LEWIS

THE DEATH OF CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE BY J. LESLIE HOTSON