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The gift of fire : aggression and the plays of Christopher Marlowe

Title: The gift of fire : aggression and the plays of Christopher Marlowe / Matthew N. Proser.
Author: Proser, Matthew N.
Publication: New York : P. Lang, ©1995.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Book/Text	Use in library	PR2677.A36 P76 1995	Off-site

Description

viii, 225 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Critics have complained that Christopher Marlowe's plays lack "wholeness" or "completeness." This book presents a fresh alternative to familiar textual explanations, or to psychological explanations that focus primarily on Marlowe's homosexuality. Instead, the author centers on Marlowe's aggressiveness as a disruptive force in his creative process, while discussing aggression's thematic implications in his major works. After a review of biographical data, aggression.
Theories, and creative process theory, the study innovatively suggests that as Marlowe moved through his dramatic production he tried several strategies to control his aggression and channel it into his artistic process, thus giving increased, if imperfect, formal control to The Jew of Malta, Dr. Faustus, and Edward II.

Series Statement

Renaissance and Baroque studies and texts ; v. 12

Uniform Title

Renaissance and Baroque studies and texts ; v. 12.

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Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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94021588

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Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library