Christopher Marlowe : the complete plays
/ Christopher Marlowe
- New York : Nelson Doubleday, Inc. , 19??
- 468 p. ; 24 cm
Dido, Queen of Carthage Tamburlaine: part one Tamburlaine: part two Tragical History of Doctor Faustus The Jew of Malta Edward the Second Massacre at Paris
Marlowe's seven plays dramatise the fatal lure of potent forces, whether religious, occult or erotic. In the victories of Tamburlaine, Faustus's encounters with the demonic, the irreverence of Barabas in The Jew of Malta, and the humiliation of Edward II in his fall from power and influence, Marlowe explores the shifting balance between power and helplessness, the sacred and its desecration.