Christopher Marlowe and the Failure to Unify

by Andrew Duxfield

Book Overview

In this sustained full length study of Marlowe's plays, Andrew Duxfield argues that Marlovian drama exhibits a marked interest in unity and unification, and that in doing so it engages with a discourse of anxiety over social discord that was prominent in the 1580s and 1590s. In combination with the ambiguity of the plays, he suggests, this focus produces a tension that both heightens dramatic effect and facilitates a cynical response to contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367880253
• ISBN13: 9780367880255
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"