Edward the Second: Christopher Marlowe
Author:   Charles Forker ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780719030895


Pages:   384
Publication Date:   07 September 1995
Format:   Paperback
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Edward the Second: Christopher Marlowe


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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. -- .

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Author:   Charles Forker ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.445kg
ISBN:  

9780719030895


ISBN 10:   0719030897
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   07 September 1995
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

The text; date; Edward II and its Shakespearean relatives; the treatment of sources; dramatic structure and characterization; critical reception and assessment; stage history; Edward II ; Appendices - Broughton and Oxberry collations excluded from the textual notes; longer extracts from Marlowe's sources.

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

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