The Marlowe-Shakespeare continuum
Subtitle: Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Nashe, and the authorship of early Shakespeare and anonymous plays
By: Donna N. Murphy
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781443849883
Subjects: Technique
Description: Donna N. Murphy demonstrates how Marlowe, sometimes in co-authorship with humorist Nashe, appears to have "become" Shakespeare on a linguistic basis. She documents a sharp, upward learning curve, with the initial penning of works she examines in the following chronological order: 'Caesar's Revenge', 'Henry VI', 'The Taming of a Shrew', 'Henry VI', 'Edward III', 'Titus Andronicus', 'Thomas of Woodstock', 'Romeo and Juliet', and 'Henry IV', and separates certain plays into Marlowe and Nashe components. Those who read Murphy's book with an open mind will find her work surprisingly convincing.