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of the most influential early modern dramatists, whose life and mysterious death have long been the subject of critical and popular speculation. his collection sets Marlowe’splays and poems in their historical context, exploring his world and his wider cultural influence. Chapters by leading international scholars discuss both his major and lesser-known works. Divided into three sections,‘Marlowe’s works’,‘Marlowe’s world’, and ‘Reception’, the book ranges from Marlowe’s relationship with his own audience through to adaptations of his plays for modern cinema. Other contexts for Marlowe include history and politics, religion, and science. Discussions of Marlowe’s critics and Marlowe’s appeal today, in performance, literature, and biography, show how and why his works continue to resonate; and a comprehensive further reading list provides helpful suggestions for those who want to find out more.  \nemily c. bartels is Professor of English at Rutgers University and Director of the Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College. She is author of Spectacles of Strangeness: Imperialism, Alienation, and Marlowe (1993), which won the Roma Gill Prize for Best Work on Christopher Marlowe, 1993–94, and Speaking of the Moor: From Alcazar to Othello (2008) . She has edited Critical Essayson Christopher Marlowe (1997) and published essays on early modern drama, race, gender, and survivorship. Her newest project centres on Shakespearean intertextuality.  \nemma smith teaches at Hertford College, University of Oxford, and is the author of a range of works on Shakespeare and early modern drama, including he Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare (2007) and he Cambridge Shakespeare Guide (2012) . She has contributed numerous articles to publications including Shakespeare Studies and Shakespeare Survey, and her iTunesU lectures on Shakespeare and on other early modern plays have been downloaded more than 300,000 times.  \nCHRISTOPHER MARLOWE IN CONTEXT  \nedited by  \nEMILY C . BARTELS  \nand  \nEMMA SMITH  \ncambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Mexico City  \nCambridge University Press he Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK  \nPublished in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York  \n[www.cambridge.org](www.cambridge.org)  \nInformation on this [title: www.cambridge.org/9781107016255](title: www.cambridge.org/9781107016255)  \n© Cambridge University Press 2013  \nhis publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.  \nFirst published 2013  \nPrinted and bound in the United Kingdom by Clays, St Ives plc A catalogue recordfor this publication is available from the British Library  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Christopher Marlowe in Context / edited by Emily C. Bartels and Emma Smith.  \npages cm  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-1-107-01625-5 (hardback)  \n1. Marlowe, Christopher, 1564–1593–Criticism and interpretation. I. Bartels, Emily Carroll, editor of compilation. II. Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine)  \neditor of compilation.  \nPR2674.C58 2013  \n822′.3–dc23  \n2012051607  \nisbn 978-1-107-01625-5 hardback  \nCambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.  \nContents  \nList of illustrations page viii Notes on contributors ix  \nA chronology of Marlowe’s life and works xv  \nCatherine Clifford and Martin Wiggins  \nList of abbreviations xxviii  \nIntroduction 1  \nEmily C. Bartels and Emma Smith  \npart i marlowe’s wor","cbCaib4EtyTFY0mq","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib4EtyTFY0mq","pdf",4110410,411,"English","# List of illustrations\n# Notes on contributors\n# A chronology of Marlowe’s life and works\n# List of abbreviations\n# Introduction\n## Marlowe’s works\n### Marlowe’s chronology and canon\n### Marlowe’s magic books: the material text\n### Marlowe and the limits of rhetoric\n### Marlowe and character\n### Marlowe’s dramatic form\n### Marlowe’s poetic form\n### Marlowe and the Elizabethan theatre audience\n### Marlowe and classical literature\n### Marlowe’s medievalism\n### Marlowe’s libraries: a history of reading\n### Marlowe’s translations\n## Marlowe’s world\n### Geography and Marlowe\n### Marlowe, history, and politics\n### Marlowe and social distinction\n### Marlowe, death-worlds, and warfare\n### Education, the university, and Marlowe\n### Marlowe and the question of will\n### Marlowe and the self\n### Race, nation, and Marlowe\n### Marlowe and religion\n### Marlowe and queer theory\n### Marlowe and women\n### Marlowe and the new science\n### The professional theatre and Marlowe\n## Reception\n### Marlowe in his moment\n### Marlowe and Shakespeare revisited\n### Marlowe in Caroline theatre\n### Marlowe’s literary influence\n### Marlowe in the movies\n### Editing Marlowe’s texts\n### Marlowe’s biography\n### Marlowe and the critics\n### Marlowe now\n# Further reading\n# Index\n# Illustrations","[{\"question\":\"How is the book organized?\",\"answer\":\"The book is divided into three sections: Marlowe’s works, Marlowe’s world, and Reception, tracing contexts from texts and ideas to later adaptations and criticism.\"},{\"question\":\"What topics do the chapters cover?\",\"answer\":\"Chapters address Marlowe’s major and lesser-known works through lenses such as rhetoric, character, dramatic and poetic form, audience, classical and medieval influences, libraries, translations, politics, religion, science, and the theatre.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book treat Marlowe’s later impact?\",\"answer\":\"The Reception section discusses how Marlowe continued to resonate through performance, Shakespearean intertextuality, Caroline theatre, literary influence, films, editorial approaches, biography, critics, and modern interpretations.\"}]","Christopher Marlowe in Context - About the collection | PDF",633]