Кристофер Марло — книжные серии

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is the most important of Shakespeare's contempories. This edition offers his five major plays, which show the radicalism and vitality of his writing in the few years before his violent death.

Tamburlaine Part One and Part Two deal with the rise to world prominence of the great Scythian shepherd-robber; The Jew of Malta is a drama of villainy and revenge; Edward II was to influence Shakespeare's Richard II. Doctor Faustus, perhaps the first drama taken from the medieval legend of a man who sells his soul to the devil, is here in both its A- and its B- text, showing the enormous and fascinating differences between the two.

Under the General Editorship of Dr Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. In addition, there is a scholarly introduction and detailed annotation.

Classic / British English

Doctor Faustus is a clever man who is greedy for knowledge and power. After he signs an agreement with the Devil, in his own blood, his new skills are admired around the world. But there are two sides to an agreement with the Devil. There is a price to pay...

Classic / British English

Doctor Faustus is a clever man who is greedy for knowledge and power. After he signs an agreement with the Devil, in his own blood, his new skills are admired around the world. But there are two sides to an agreement with the Devil. There is a price to pay...

В историю английской литературы Кристофер Марло (1564-1593) вошел как смелый реформатор поэтического искусства, как драматург-новатор. Используя миф и античный сюжет для выражения собственных мыслей и чувств, живо откликаясь на общественные запросы своего времени, Марло обогатил художественный язык английской трагедии, вывел ее на качественно новый этап развития.

Tamburlaine the Great - I and II, Dr Faustus (A Text and B Text), The Jew of Malta, Edward II, The Massacre at Paris, Dido Queen of Carthage. This Wordsworth Edition includes exclusive Introductions by Emma Smith. If Shakespeare had died at the age Marlowe died, there would have been no question that Marlowe was the leading figure in English Renaissance drama. This edition of all his plays shows why. The plays give us a clear picture of Marlowe as a radical theatrical poet of great linguistic and dramatic daring, whose characters constantly strive to break out of the social, religious and rhetorical bonds within which they are confined. Accused during his lifetime of blasphemy and homosexuality, Marlowe still has the power to challenge our assumptions about conventional morality, through his innovative theatricality. By placing less-known plays such as The Massacre at Paris and Dido Queen of Carthage alongside the acknowledged masterpieces Edward II and Dr Faustus, this edition gives a full picture of Marlowe's distinctive and provocative talent.

"Тамерлан Великий" и "Трагическая история доктора Фауста" - лучшие, наиболее значительные и глубокие произведения гениального английского драматурга Кристофера Марло, ровесника Шекспира. В первой из этих трагедий драматург, обратясь к легенде о среднеазиатском завоевателе Тимуре, создал образ героя-титана, который внушает одновременно восхищение и ужас. Вторая трагедия представляет собой, по словам акад. В.М.Жирмунского, "решающее звено в драматическом переоформлении и идейном истолковании народной легенды" о чернокнижнике Фаусте, продавшем душу дьяволу Издание снабжено послесловием, комментарием и словарем устаревших и малоупотребительных слов.

Предназначается для студентов институтов и факультетов иностранных языков и филологических факультетов университетов.

Книга содержит предисловие, комментарии и послесловие на русском языке.