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The World of Christopher Marlowe

Door David Riggs

Categorie	Secundair
Boeknummer	#348592-VC44
Titel	The World of Christopher Marlowe
Auteur	Riggs, David
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London/Boston : Faber and Faber
Jaar van uitgave	2004
ISBN10	0571221599
ISBN13	9780571221592
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, b/w illustrations, 8vo.
Samenvatting	This is the definitive book about the man who revolutionised English drama and English poetry - and was murdered in his prime. David Riggs evokes the atmosphere and texture of Marlowe's life, from the stench and poverty of a childhood spent near Canterbury's abattoirs to the fanatical pursuit of classical learning at school. Marlowe won a place at Cambridge University, where he entered its world of eighteen-hour working days, religious intrigue and twilight homosexuality. The gifted student was not immune to the passions and fears of the wider society, and Riggs describes the mood of England in those years when Elizabeth's crown was anything but secure, and Spain and the Papacy were determined to overthrow her regime. Looming above everything is the Elizabethan state and its spy rings, wit... (Lees verder)h which Marlowe was already involved by the time he left Cambridge. His undercover missions brought him into contact with Catholic conspirators who were plotting to kill the Queen; yet as a playwright and thinker he was attracted to the most unorthodox and threatening idea of all - atheism. Marlowe brought a wonderful new lightness and musicality to English verse, but was held in little esteem during his lifetime and his works were scrutinised for heresy. As a writer of plays, he was literally on the margins of London life, working on the edge of the city where prostitutes and thieves scratched a living. Eventually, the combination of espionage, dangerous knowledge, homosexuality and suspected treason proved deadly to him. Marlowe's brief life was enigmatic, contradictory and glorious - and this magisterial work of reconstruction and scholarship illuminates it with immense richness.
Pagina's	411
Conditie	Redelijk — Top cut stained; else very fine.
Prijs	€ 10,00

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