Entered from the Sun (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: George Garrett
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Historical novel
- Time of Work: 1597
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Joseph Hunneyman, Captain William Barfoot, The Widow Alysoun, Paul Cartwright, Christopher Marlowe, Ingram Frizer, Sir Walter Ralegh
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Philosophy or philosophers, Magic or magicians, Murder or homicide, Surrealism, Abandoned children, Poetry or poets, Trials, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Accidents, Death or dying, Mysteries, London, Catholics or Catholic Church, Theater, Conspiracies or conspirators, Tuberculosis, Treason, Paranoia, Realism, Plague, Plants, Monarchy, Plays or playwrights
- Locales: London, England
Entered from the Sun is the third novel about Elizabethan and Jacobean England by George Garrett, poet, short- story writer, critic, and professor of creative writing at the University of Virginia. The first, Death of the Fox (1971), dealt with the life and execution of Sir Walter Ralegh; the second, The Succession (1983), presented the complex drama whereby James I succeeded Queen Elizabeth. Entered from the Sun investigates the murder of Christopher Marlowe, the chief Elizabethan playwright before William Shakespeare. Garrett’s novels have received high...
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