Downie, Alan (J. A.). 2006. 'Marlowe: Facts and Fictions'. In: Tim Parnell, ed. Constructing Christopher Marlowe. Cambridge University Press, pp. 13-29. ISBN 978-0521030519 [Book Section]

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From Greene's 'mad and scoffing poet' to Greenblatt's flaunter of his 'society's cherished orthodoxies', Marlowe's putative personality has licensed and informed disparate and often conflicting readings of his writings. This book illustrates and challenges the ways in which the writer has been constructed by the prejudices of readers, critics and directors. Taking nothing on trust, the contributors to this volume review what is known about Marlowe's life, the publication of his plays, conditions in Elizabethan theatre, and his reputation among his contemporaries and late twentieth-century critics. Their essays challenge some preconceptions about Marlowe by tackling major aspects of his dramaturgy, his use of magic, the homoeroticism of the plays, his female characters, twentieth-century performances of his plays, and the radical nature of his narrative poem Hero and Leander. Together they contribute to the critical effort to construct a fuller understanding of the poet and playwright.

Item Type:	Book Section
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	English and Comparative Literature
Dates:	Date Event 2006 Published
Item ID:	13065
Date Deposited:	01 Sep 2015 13:24
Last Modified:	02 Jan 2019 15:58
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/13065

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