Christopher Marlowe
Список книг автора Christopher MarloweThe Complete Plays of Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe lived a life that echoed the violence in his plays. He was born in 1564 and was murdered in 1593 in what is speculated to be a political assassination. An educated man, he received both his B. A. and M. A. at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where it is believed that he wrote Part I of «Tamberlaine», and possibly «Dido Queen of Carthage». Machiavellian themes are present in much of Marlowe's work, the main characters constantly involved in a tumultuous upward climb toward unattainable infinite success. Marlowe's perhaps greatest legacy was introducing blank verse into English theatre with «Tamburlaine The Great, Part I.» This collection includes: «Dido Queen of Carthage», «Tamburlaine, Parts I & II», «The Jew of Malta», «The Massacre At Paris», «Edward The Second», «The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus», «The First Book of Lucan», «Ovid's Elegies», and «Hero and Leander».
Dr. Faustus
"Dr. Faustus" is Christopher Marlowe's version of the famous legend of a doctor who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. Originally published in 1600 this drama is based on an earlier anonymous German work (c. 1587) which has influenced many subsequent works including Goethe's more comprehensive «Faust» (c. 1808) and the contemporary «Doktor Faustus» (c. 1947) by Thomas Mann. The legend of Faust, reportedly based on a true person, is the origin of one of the most prevalent themes in literary history, the selling of one's soul to the devil.
Dr. Faustus
“The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus”, more commonly referred to as “Dr. Faustus”, is Christopher Marlowe’s version of the famous legend of a doctor who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. Based on the German legend of Johann Georg Faust, a magician of the German Renaissance who reportedly gained his mystical powers by selling his immortal soul to the devil, the Faustian legend has forever come to symbolize the inherent peril in dealing with unscrupulous characters and supernatural forces. Marlowe’s “Dr. Faustus” is based primarily upon an anonymous late 16th century work concerning the history of the real life Faust. The influence of the Faustian legend upon literature cannot be overstated. It has quite literally inspired dozens of versions ever since that first 16th century anonymous work, most notably of which is Goethe’s early 19th century version. Marlowe’s work, which is rivaled only by Goethe’s version of the legend, is presented here in this volume in both its 1604 and 1616 versions.
Dr. Faustus
One of the most durable myths in Western culture, the story of Faust tells of a learned German doctor who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. Early enactments of Faust's damnation were often the raffish fare of clowns and low comedians. But the young Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) recognized in the story of Faust's temptation and fall the elements of tragedy.In his epic treatment of the Faust legend, Marlowe retains much of the rich phantasmagoria of its origins. There are florid visions of an enraged Lucifer, dueling angels, the Seven Deadly Sins, Faustus tormenting the Pope, and his summoning of the spirit of Alexander the Great. But the playwright created equally powerful scenes that invest the work with tragic dignity, among them the doomed man's calling upon Christ to save him and his ultimate rejection of salvation for the embrace of Helen of Troy.With immense poetic skill, and psychological insight that foreshadowed the later work of Shakespeare and the Jacobean playwrights, Marlowe created in Dr. Faustus one of the first true tragedies in English. Vividly dramatic, rich in poetic grandeur, this classic play remains a robust and lively exemplar of the glories of Elizabethan drama.
Doctor Faustus
Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus is regarded by many as ‘a great play marred’ by dated satire and suspect third and fourth acts. A play with a long history of ‘additions’, Colin Teevan’s contemporary scenes link the thrilling danger of Marlowe’s opening acts with the profound terror and tragedy of his finale in a radical and darkly comic new take on a classic of the English stage. This revival is presented by The Jamie Lloyd Company at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London from April 2016.
The Collected Works of Christopher Marlowe
This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works – the Œuvre – of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook – easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus • Tamburlaine the Great • The Jew of Malta • Edward the Second • Hero and Leander • Massacre at Paris • The Works of • The Tragedy of Dido Queene of Carthage • The Works of, Vol. (of ) • HERO AND LEANDER • OVID'S ELEGIES • EPIGRAMS BY J. D. • THE FIRST BOOK OF LUCAN • THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE • FRAGMENT • DIALOGUE IN VERSE • APPENDICES • INDEX TO THE NOTES • THE JEW OF MALTA • EDWARD THE SECOND • THE MASSACRE AT PARIS • THE TRAGEDY OF DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE -. etc.
