Marlowe's literary scepticism : politic religion and post-Reformation polemic / Chloe Kathleen Preedy.

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Preedy, Chloe Kathleen [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Arden Shakespeare libraryPublisher: London : Arden Shakespeare, 2012Description: 1 online resource (xx, 236 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781408181294
1408181290
9781472555021
1472555023

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Marlowe's literary scepticismDDC classification:

822.3 23

LOC classification:

PR2674 .P74 2012eb

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Contents:

Politic religion and post-reformation polemic -- Equivocation, dissimulation and deceit -- False conversion and conformity -- Oath-taking and oath-breaking -- From rebellion to regicide -- Doctor Faustus : a crisis of conscience? -- Marlowe's legacy.

Summary: Marlowe''s Literary Scepticism re-evaluates the representation of religion in Christopher Marlowe''s plays and poems, demonstrating the extent to which his literary engagement with questions of belief was shaped by the virulent polemical debates that raged in post-Reformation Europe. Offering new readings of under-studied works such as the poetic translations and a fresh perspective on well-known plays such as Doctor Faustus, this book focuses on Marlowe''s depiction of the religious frauds denounced by his contemporaries. It identifies Marlowe as one of the earliest writers to acknowledge the.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-230) and index.

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Marlowe''s Literary Scepticism re-evaluates the representation of religion in Christopher Marlowe''s plays and poems, demonstrating the extent to which his literary engagement with questions of belief was shaped by the virulent polemical debates that raged in post-Reformation Europe. Offering new readings of under-studied works such as the poetic translations and a fresh perspective on well-known plays such as Doctor Faustus, this book focuses on Marlowe''s depiction of the religious frauds denounced by his contemporaries. It identifies Marlowe as one of the earliest writers to acknowledge the.

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