Christopher Marlowe

by H. Havelock Ellis (Editor)

Part of the Mermaid Series, The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists with an introduction by J.A. Symonds.

430 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1887

About the author

Henry Havelock Ellis, known as Havelock Ellis, was a British physician, writer, and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He was co-author of the first medical textbook in English on homosexuality in 1897, and also published works on a variety of sexual practices and inclinations, including transgender psychology. He is credited with introducing the notions of narcissism and autoeroticism, later adopted by psychoanalysis. He served as president of the Galton Institute and, like many intellectuals of his era, supported eugenics.

Reviews

[GoldGato · Rating 5 out of 5]

This poor book. It managed to survive more than a hundred years via the hands of other owners. Then it fell into mine, and now the spine is off and the pages seem to gasp when I get near. It really isn't my fault. I just love Marlowe! While others went on and on about Willy Shakespeare, I always stood firm behind my mighty poet, whacked-out though he was.

...Marlowe's place is at the heart of English poetry, and his pulses still thrill in our verse.

How can anyone read Marlowe's TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT and not feel the power of the words...words which seem to have as much power as the weapons of torture used on the conqueror's victims. Jove will stoop before his sword!

In 1593, as the plague raged through London yet again, Christopher Marlowe sought safety in the little village of Deptford. Turbulent blood was spilled when Marlowe was slain in a drunken quarrel. He was buried beneath the towers of St. Nicholas. His words live on.

One thought, one grace, one wonder, at the least,
Which into words no virtue can digest.

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