Marlowe and Shakespeare
Subtitle: The Critical Rivalry
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Aug 24, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9781349952267
Description: "Instead of asserting any alleged rivalry between Marlowe and Shakespeare, Sawyer examines the literary reception of the two when the writers are placed in tandem during critical discourse or artistic production. Focusing on specific examples from the last 400 years, the study begins with Robert Greene’s comments in 1592 and ends with the post-9/11 and 7/7 era. The study not only looks at literary critics and their assessments, but also at playwrights such as Aphra Behn, novelists such as Anthony Burgess, and late twentieth-century movie and theatre directors. The work concludes by showing how the most recent outbreak of Marlowe as Shakespeare’s ghostwriter accelerates due to a climate of conspiracy, including “belief echoes,” which presently permeate our cultural and critical discourse." -- ‡c From back cover.
Notes: Source title: Marlowe and Shakespeare: The Critical Rivalry