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The Complete Plays (Penguin English Library)
The Complete Plays - Penguin English Library
Author: Christopher Marlowe, J. B. Steane
This book gathers all seven of the dramas of Christopher Marlowe, in which the lure of dark forces drives the shifting balances between weak and strong, sacred and profane. Supported by textual notes and featuring modern punctuation and spelling, they include: — - Dido, Queen of Carthage — - Tamburlaine the Great, Part One — - Tamb...  more »

- The Jew of Malta

- Doctor Faustus

- Edward the Second

- The Massacre at Paris

With a critical introduction, a chronology of Marlowe’s life, extensive commentary, and a glossary, this will remain the authoritative anthology of Marlowe’s plays for years to come.
ISBN-13: 9780140430370
ISBN-10: 0140430377
Publication Date: 12/30/1969
Pages: 608
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Type: Paperback
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I may get flamed, but Marlowe was nothing but a hack. Offensive racist content and poorly written morality plays. That anyone could ever have thought that Marlowe was the actual writer of Shakespeare's plays is astonishing to me.


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