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The story of Faust tells of a learned German doctor who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. Early enactments of Faust's damnation were often the raffish fare of clowns and low comedians. But the young Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) recognized in the story of Faust's temptation and fall the elements of tragedy.

Prejudice, the intricacies of Mediterranean politics, and Machiavellian strategy abound in this masterpiece of Elizabethan theater. The eponymous character in this suspenseful drama, a prototype for Shakespeare's Shylock, schemes desperately against Christian and Moslem hostility to cling to his wealth, his status, and his daughter.

Christopher Marlowe - a possible spy with a reputation for atheism who was murdered in mysterious circumstances - courted danger throughout his life. A sense of dark forces operating in all social and political relationships underlies his work. In Dr Faustus, a man of great intellect and even greater ambition craves knowledge, and is prepared to sell his soul to the Devil to achieve it. Tamburlaine attempts to satisfy his desire for greatness through his domination over an ever-growing empire, while Edward II upsets the delicate balance of power in the land and plants the seed of his own murder. All the plays here show Marlowe's fascination with the tension between weak and strong, sacred and profane. Frank Romany's introduction relates the plays to Marlowe's turbulent religious world. The fully modernized texts have been newly edited from the earliest editions, and the full commentary on each play is supplemented with a glossary and an appendix of mythological and historical allusions.

This unique anthology offers a more comprehensive look at the poems of Christopher Marlowe, England's first great poet and playwright.

'Tell me worldlings, underneath the sun, If greater falsehood ever has been done' The Jew of Malta, written around 1590, can present a challenge for modern audiences.Hugely popular in its day, the play swings wildly and rapidly in genre, from pointed satire, to bloody revenge tragedy, to melodrmatic intrigue, to dark farce and grotesque comedy. Although set in the Mediterranean island of Malta, the play evokes contemporary Elizabethan social tensions, especially the highly charged issue of London's much-resented community of resident merchant foreigners. Barabas, the enormously wealthy Jew of the play's title, appears initially victimized by Malta's Christian Governor, who quotes scripture to support the demand that Jews cede their wealth to pay Malta's tribute to the Turks.When he protests, Barabas is deprived of his wealth, his means of livelihood, and his house, which is converted to a nunnery. In response to this hypocritical extortion, Barabas launches a horrific (and sometimes hilarious) course of violence that goes well beyond revenge, using murderous tactics that include everything from deadly soup to poisoned flowers. The play's sometimes complex treatment of anti-Semitism and its relationship to Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice remain matters of continuing scholarly reflection.This student edition contains a lengthy Introduction with background on the author, date and sources, theme, critical interpretation and stage history, as well as a fully annotated version of the playtext in modern spelling. James R. Siemon is Professor of English at Boston University.

Tragedia basada en la leyenda del mago y charlatán alemán Fausto, que se convierte en esta primera versión teatral en una parábola sobre la vanidad de las ambiciones titánicas y la insaciabilidad del deseo de saber, tendencias tradicionalmente relacionadas con influencias satanicas.

El judío de Malta parece ser cronológicamente la segunda de las obras de Marlowe . Drama, farsa, comedia, tragedia, de todo hay en la historia del judío Barrabás, en sus ansias ciegas de venganza, en sus sucesivas traiciones y en su trampa mortal ultima en la que el mismo acaba pereciendo. Eduardo II supone un giro en la trayectoria de Marlowe como dramaturgo. La obra refleja conflictos politicos, sociales, religiosos que superan con mucho la tematica anterior del autor. Eduardo II nos presenta una cronica sombria de un personaje debil y pasivo que se mueve en un territorio prohibido en el que la naturaleza humana se manifiesta en su forma mas aparente.

Classic / British EnglishDoctor Faustus is a clever man who is greedy for knowledge and power. After he signs an agreement with the Devil, in his own blood, his new skills are admired around the world. But there are two sides to an agreement with the Devil. There is a price to pay...

Christopher Marlowe Retold by James Butler Activities by Kenneth Brodey Tragedy Doctor Faustus, a brilliant scholar, enters into an agreement with the Devil. He agrees to sell his soul in return for twenty-four years of knowledge, power and riches. But he realises the full implications of his rash action. Dossiers: Christopher Marlowe and Elizabethan Espionage and others Playscript Exit test

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is the most important of Shakespeare's contemporaries. This edition offers his five major plays, which show the radicalism and vitality of his writing in the few years before his violent death.

Christopher Marlowe (Cambridge, 1564) falleció a los veintinueve años dejando escritos siete dramas. Su vida fue turbulenta, y con las conjeturas sobre sus puntos oscuros se podrían llenar volúmenes. Fue acusado de blasfemo, ateo y homosexual. Tuvo un fin trafico. A partir del personaje historico de Jorge Fausto se crearon diversas leyendas que pasaron a la imprenta en 1587. Inmediatamente traducidas al ingles, sirvieron de inspiracion al joven Marlowe, con lo que empezo la serie literaria de lo que habia de constituir uno de los mitos de nuestra era: el sueño renacentista del hombre universal.

La historia trágica del Dr. Fausto por Ch. Marlowe Clásico literario mundial, entre las 100 mejores novelas literarias de todos los tiempos. Una lectura obligada para todos. En la década de 1980, Italo Calvino (el escritor italiano contemporaneo mas traducido en el momento de su muerte) dijo en su ensayo "¿Por que leer los clasicos?" que "un clasico es un libro que nunca ha terminado de decir lo que tiene que decir", sin ninguna duda este libro puede considerarse un clasico. Este libro tambien es un exito de ventas porque, como lo definio Steinberg: "un exito de ventas como un libro para el que demanda, poco tiempo despues de la publicacion inicial de ese libro, excede ampliamente lo que se considera grandes ventas ".