The Cambridge Companion to
Christopher Marlowe (Cambridge
Companions to Literature)
Cambridge Companion To Christopjer Marlowe
The Cambridge Companion to Christopher Marlowe provides a full
introduction to one of the great pioneers of both the Elizabethan stage and
modern English poetry. It recalls that Marlowe was an inventor of the
English history play (Edward II) and of Ovidian narrative verse (Hero and
Leander), as well as being author of such masterpieces of tragedy and
lyric as Doctor Faustus and The Passionate Shepherd to His Love. Sixteen
leading scholars provide accessible and authoritative chapters on
Marlowes life, texts, style, politics, religion, and classicism. The volume
also considers his literary and patronage relationships and his
representations of sexuality and gender and of geography and identity; his
presence in modern film and theatre; and finally his influence on
subsequent writers. The Companion includes a chronology of Marlowes
life, a note on reference works, and a reading list for each chapter.

Personal Review: The Cambridge Companion to Christopher
Marlowe (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
This book is exactly as the title suggests, a companion book for Marlovian
students, however, you do not have to be an academic to enjoy this work.
Comprised of sixteen different essays, seventeen if you count the
introduction, written by the most respected Marlowe scholars of our times,
this book is accessible to the general reader. I highly recommend it for
anyone who is generally familiar with the playwright and who desires to
progress to the next level in the academic field. It is an excellent book
displaying a cross-section of the latest trends in Marlovian research.
The titles of the various chapters are self explanatory:
`Introduction: Marlowe in the twenty-first century', `Marlowe's life',
`Marlovian texts and authorship', `Marlowe and style', `Marlowe and the
politics of religion', `Marlowe and the English literary sense', `Marlowe's
poems and classicism', `Tamburlaine the Great, Parts One and Two', `The
Jew of Malta', `Edward II', `Doctor Faustus', `Dido, Queen of Carthage and
The Massacre of Paris', `Tragedy, patronage and power', `Geography and
identity in Marlowe', `Marlowe's men and women: gender and sexuality',
`Marlowe in theatre and film', `Marlowe's reception and influence'.
The book also features a chronology of Marlowe's life, several illustrations,
suggested reading lists, an index, and a nifty listing of other Cambridge
Companions that are available.
E.A. Bucchianeri, author of "Faust: My Soul be Damned for the World"
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