Christopher Marlowe: Merlin's Prophet by Judith Weil (English) Paperback Book

Description: Christopher Marlowe by Judith Weil Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Mrs Weil challenges two widely accepted views of Marlowe. He is not the poet and dramatist of heroic energy, daring God out of heaven with his outrageous heroes. Nor is he a dogmatic moralist. Instead, he belongs to Merlins race, as his contemporary Robert Greene suggested. An ironic writer of riddling plays, he does not endorse his characters, but cunningly manipulates our responses to them. Publisher Description Mrs Weil challenges two widely accepted views of Marlowe. He is not the poet and dramatist of heroic energy, daring God out of heaven with his outrageous heroes. Nor is he a dogmatic moralist. Instead, he belongs to Merlins race, as his contemporary Robert Greene suggested. An ironic writer of riddling plays, he does not endorse his characters, but cunningly manipulates our responses to them. Like Erasmus or Rabelais, he uses the knowledge of his audience in a variety of surprising ways. This approach is carefully argued for each play. The reader – perhaps initially sceptical – will find himself confronted with many features of the drama and the poetry not adequately accounted for in the conventional views, but persuasively explained here. The book may well permanently modify our attitudes toward Marlowe. Author Biography Judith Weil has recently retired from the post of Professor of English at the University of Manitoba. Co-editor, with her husband Herbert Weil, of The First Part of King Henry IV (Cambridge, 1997), she has published widely on Shakespeare and Renaissance drama, including essays in Marlowe, History and Sexuality: New Essays on the Life and Writings of Christopher Marlowe, ed. Paul Whitfield White, Renaissance Female Tragic Heroines, ed. Naomi Conn Liebler and Approaches to Teaching English Renaissance Drama, ed. Alexander Leggatt and Karen Bamford. Details ISBN 0521090873 ISBN-13 9780521090872 Title Christopher Marlowe Author Judith Weil Format Paperback Year 2008 Pages 228 Publisher Cambridge University Press GE_Item_ID:15638805; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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