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Edward the Second: Christopher Marlowe

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Edward the Second: Christopher Marlowe
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Charles Forker
SeriesThe Revels Plays
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:384
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9780719030895
ClassificationsDewey:822.3
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 7 September 1995
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The introduction to this edition contains an analysis of the first quarto (including new evidence of its original dating) and a reconsideration of the play's complex relation to the Shakespearean histories that preceded and followed it. Charles R. Forker offers a discussion of Marlowe's use of sources, and presents a new argument for the drama's five-act structure. He delves into the conflicting and controversial opinions concerning the genre and sexual politics of the play, and also includes a full record of the stage history. Forker has collated some 46 editions (including the important, rare and usually ignored editions of Broughton and Oxberry in 1818). The appendices provide substantive variants from the Broughton and Oxberry texts as well as extracts from the sources. -- .

Author Biography

Charles R. Forker is Professor of English Emeritus at Indiana University, Bloomington.