The Complete Plays
Author: Marlowe, Christopher
ISBN: 9780140436334
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2003
Pages: 752
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 34mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Marlowe's seven plays dramatise the fatal lure of potent forces, whether religious, occult or erotic. In the victories of Tamburlaine, Faustus's encounters with the demonic, the irreverence of Barabas in THE JEW OF MALTA, and the humiliation of Edward II in his fall from power and influence, Marlowe explores the shifting balance between power and helplessness, the sacred and its desecration.
ISBN: 9780140436334
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2003
Pages: 752
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 34mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Marlowe's seven plays dramatise the fatal lure of potent forces, whether religious, occult or erotic. In the victories of Tamburlaine, Faustus's encounters with the demonic, the irreverence of Barabas in THE JEW OF MALTA, and the humiliation of Edward II in his fall from power and influence, Marlowe explores the shifting balance between power and helplessness, the sacred and its desecration.
