Marlowe's Republican Authorship: Lucan, Liberty, and the Sublime

by Patrick Cheney

This book argues broadly that any historical narrative about republicanism needs to place Marlowe at the front of its genealogy, and that his interest in republican ideals is sustained from the beginning to the end of his meteoric career. More specifically, this study will nonetheless argue that it is difficult to discern a clear republican form of government in Marlowe's works. What we can discern is 'republican representation', the author's representational...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403933413
• ISBN13: 9781403933416
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"