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Edward the Second: Christopher Marlowe (The Revels Plays) by Christopher Marlowe; Charles R Forker is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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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
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- Author
- Christopher Marlowe; Charles R Forker
- Publisher
- Manchester ; New York: Manchester University Press ; New York: Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780719015366
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Sociology, Shakespeare, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
Other editions & translations
- The troublesome reign and lamentable death of Edward the Second (1961)
- The troublesome raigne and lamentable death of Edward the Second, King of England; with the tragicall fall of proud Mortimer (1999)
- Edward II (New Mermaid Anthology) (1967)
- Edward the Second, Second Edition (New Mermaids) (2014)
- Edward II: An Authoritative Text Edition of a Great Play (1966)
- Edward the Second, Second Edition (New Mermaids) (1997)