Christopher Marlowe
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Poetry, Poets
- Curriculum: British History, Renaissance History
Article abstract: An author concerned largely with the question of power and how it affects human beings, Marlowe was complex, lyrical, and frequently erotic in both his dramatic and his poetic writing.
Early Life
Dead at twenty-nine from stab wounds suffered in a tavern brawl, Christopher Marlowe led a life of violence, intrigue, mystery, and remarkable productivity. His dramas and poetry have established him as an Elizabethan dramatist second only to William Shakespeare. It is tempting to speculate on what he might have produced had he lived a normal...
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