Spectacles of Strangeness: Imperialism, Alienation, and Marlowe

by Emily C. Bartels

Overview

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title

Bartels focuses on Marlowe's preoccupation with "strangers" and "strange" lands, and his use—and subversion—of Elizabethan stereotypes. Setting Marlovian drama in the context of England's nascent imperialism, Bartels probes the significance of the alien as the vital presence on the Renaissance stage and within Renaissance society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780812231939
Publisher:	University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication date:	06/29/1993
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile:	1760L (what's this?)

About the Author

Emily C. Bartels is Professor of English at Rutgers Universityand Associate Director of the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College. She is author of Speaking of the Moor: From "Alcazar" to "Othello", which also was published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Editorial Reviews

Oriental barbarians, black magicians, homosexuals, African queens and kings, Machiavellian Christians, Turks, and Jews--marginal, unorthodox, and strange figures for an English audience of the sixteenth century, and central figures in the plays of Marlowe. The author focuses on Marlowe's preoccupation with "strangers" and "strange" lands, and his use and subversion of Elizabethan stereotypes. Setting Marlovian drama in the context of England's nascent imperialism, the author probes the significance of the alien as a vital presence on the Renaissance stage and within society. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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