The Jew of Malta: with Related Texts

by Christopher Marlowe, Stephen J. Lynch

Overview

This edition answers the needs of both beginning and advanced students:

It features the text of Marlowe's play with modern spelling and punctuation, glosses and annotations on the page, and a thorough Introduction devoted to the play's historical, cultural, and theological contexts.

In addition, it includes a generous selection of related texts, including excerpts from Machiavelli's The Prince, Gentillet's Anti-Machiavel, and Bacon's The Advancement of Learning.

Its combination of pedagogical acuity and historical craft make Lynch's an excellent edition of Marlowe's play--one that also serves as a fine introduction to Elizabethan drama as a whole. It moreover offers a convenient window on the reception of Machiavelli in England and the representation of Christmas, Jews, and Turks on the Elizabethan stage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780872209671
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2009
Series:	Hackett Classics Series
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stephen J. Lynch is Professor of English and Director of the Liberal Arts Honors Program at Providence College.

Editorial Reviews

A provocative edition, one which belongs on the shelves of student and scholar alike. --Martha Oberle, Frederick Community College, Maryland, in The Sixteenth Century Journal

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