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" Christopher Marlowe : "
Judith Weil
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BL
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630669
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Weil, Judith
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| Title & Author
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Christopher Marlowe : : Merlin's prophet /\ Judith Weil
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219 pages ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0521215544
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: 9780521215541
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213) and index
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| Contents
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Marlowe's prophetic style -- Wicked fools of fortune -- The tragic folly of Doctor Faustus -- Mirrors for foolish princes -- Merlin's prophecies -- The difference of things in Edward II -- The prophetic spirit
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The author challenges two widely-accepted views of Marlowe. He is not the poet and dramatist of heroic energy, nor is he a dogmatic moralist. Instead, he belongs to Merlin's 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. -- from Book Jacket
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Marlowe, Christopher,1564-1593-- Criticism and interpretation
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| Dewey Classification
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822/.3
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PR2674.W4
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