Placing the Plays of Christopher Marlowe

Focusing upon Marlowe the playwright as opposed to Marlowe the man, the essays in this collection position the dramatist''s plays within the dramaturgical, ethical, and sociopolitical matrices of his own era. The volume also examines some of the most heated controversies of the early modern period, such as the anti-theatrical debate, the relations between parents and children, Machiavaelli¹s ideo...