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Christopher Marlowe (Critical Survey of Poetry)

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Christopher Marlowe’s literary reputation rests primarily on the following plays: Tamburlaine the Great, Part I (pr. c. 1587, first octavo edition 1590); Tamburlaine the Great, Part II (pr. 1587, first octavo edition 1590); The Jew of Malta (pr. c. 1589, first quarto edition 1633); Edward II (pr. c. 1592, first quarto edition 1594); Doctor Faustus (pr. c. 1588, first quarto edition 1604). Two unfinished plays, Dido, Queen of Carthage (pr. c. 1586-1587; with

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