Literary Criticism (1400-1800)

Tragicall History of Doctor Faustus, The | Further Reading

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Bibliography

Bluestone, Max. "Libido Speculandi: Doctrine and Dramaturgy in Contemporary Interpretations of Marlowe's Doctor Faustus." In Selected Papers from English Institute: Reinterpretations of Elizabethan Drama, edited by Norman Rabkin, pp. 33-88. New York: Columbia University Press, 1969.

Surveys modern interpretations of Doctor Faustus and concludes that ambiguities in the play have created a critical tradition that "tends toward antithesis and dispute."

Ribner, Irving. "Marlowe and the Critics." Tulane Drama Review 8, No. 4 (Summer 1964): 211-24.

Traces scholarly reaction to Marlowe's works from 1774 to 1962.

Biography

Nichol, Charles. The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995, 413 p.

Exhaustively researched and engrossing account of Marlowe's life, focusing on his experiences as a spy for Queen...

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