The Cambridge Companion to Christopher Marlowe

Sixteen leading scholars provide authoritative chapters on relevant topics of Marlowe's life and works in this complete introduction to the famed pioneer of both the Elizabethan stage and modern English poetry. The essays cover his texts and style, use of classicism, and representations of sexuality and gender, as well as of geography and identity. The volume also considers the religious, political, courtly, and literary contexts of Marlowe's authorship, his presence in modern film and theater, and his influence on subsequent writers.

Author: Patrick Cheney
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/01/2004
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 8.95h x 6.07w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780521527347

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2005 pg. 1226

About the Author
Cheney, Patrick: - Patrick Cheney is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Marlowe's Counterfeit Profession: Ovid, Spenser, Counter-Nationhood (1997) and Spenser's Famous Flight: A Renaissance Idea of a Literary Career (1993).

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