woodys-uk
Price: £13.97
In stock
34 used & new from £1.65
See All Buying Options
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
 
Doctor Faustus and Other Plays: Tamburlaine, Parts I and II; Doctor Faustus, A- and B-Texts; The Jew of Malta; Edward II (Oxford World's Classics)
 
 
Share your own customer images
Search inside this book

Doctor Faustus and Other Plays: Tamburlaine, Parts I and II; Doctor Faustus, A- and B-Texts; The Jew of Malta; Edward II (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)

by Christopher Marlowe (Author), David Bevington (Editor), Eric Rasmussen (Editor) "PROLOGUE From jigging veins of rhyming mother-wits ..." (more)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Available from these sellers.


8 new from £4.99 26 used from £1.65
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover £65.00 £58.90 23 used & new from £25.00
Paperback £8.99 £4.94 43 used & new from £4.32

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Women Beware Women, and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics)

Women Beware Women, and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics)

by Thomas Middleton
£5.49
The Alchemist and Other Plays: Volpone, or The Fox; Epicene, or The Silent Woman; The Alchemist; Bartholemew Fair: Volpone, or The Fox. Epicene, or ... Bartholomew Fair (Oxford World's Classics)

The Alchemist and Other Plays: Volpone, or The Fox; Epicene, or The Silent Woman; The Alchemist; Bartholemew Fair: Volpone, or The Fox. Epicene, or ... Bartholomew Fair (Oxford World's Classics)

by Ben Jonson
£4.94
Five Plays: A Trick to Catch the Old One; The Revenger's Tragedy; A Chaste Maid in Cheapside; Women Beware Women; The Changeling

Five Plays: A Trick to Catch the Old One; The Revenger's Tragedy; A Chaste Maid in Cheapside; Women Beware Women; The Changeling

by Thomas Middleton
£8.55
The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works

The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works

by Shakespeare W
4.6 out of 5 stars (23)  £9.99
The Duchess of Malfi and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics)

The Duchess of Malfi and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics)

by John Webster
5.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £4.94
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; New edition edition (7 May 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0192834452
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192834454
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 150,562 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in these categories:

    #46 in  Books > Music, Stage & Screen > Performing Arts > Plays & Drama > 16th to 18th Century
    #68 in  Books > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > Drama > Genres > Tragedies

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Product Description

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.


About the Author

David Bevington is Professor of English at the University of Chicago. Eric Rasmussen is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno
Inside This Book (Learn More)
First Sentence
PROLOGUE From jigging veins of rhyming mother-wits Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
elizabethan and jacobean drama
masterclass theater
htod-1
christopher marlowe

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Doctor Faustus and Other Plays: Tamburlaine, Parts I and II; Doctor Faustus, A- and B-Texts; The Jew of Malta; Edward II (Oxford World's Classics)
86% buy the item featured on this page:
Doctor Faustus and Other Plays: Tamburlaine, Parts I and II; Doctor Faustus, A- and B-Texts; The Jew of Malta; Edward II (Oxford World's Classics) 4.3 out of 5 stars (3)
The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works
5% buy
The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works 4.6 out of 5 stars (23)
£9.99
The Complete Plays (Penguin Classics)
5% buy
The Complete Plays (Penguin Classics) 4.0 out of 5 stars (4)
£8.27
Doctor Faustus (A TEXT)
3% buy
Doctor Faustus (A TEXT) 4.7 out of 5 stars (6)
£6.28
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

3 Reviews
5 star:
 (1)
4 star:
 (2)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good value for money, 7 Oct 2003
This is a good value for money book, especially for English literature students, comprising as it does a collection of Marlowe's best known works, some of which are pieces of classic literature and should be more widely read! It handily contains both A and B texts for Dr Faustus, always useful for comparison. Recommended for literature students or anyone with an interest in great literature.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant subject matter, classic literature, 4 Jun 2004
By Mr. S. J. Hunt "sjhunt" (London) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
After reading this I can well understand the Shakespeare related theories. Each play is well and timelessly executed.
My particular favourite is Tamburlaine, which (strangely enough) encouraged me to look into the history of the man behind the myth.

The one down side is his treatment of the Faust myth. It seemed clumsy, preachy, without the versatility offered by a more morally ambiguous treatment of other versions. Perhaps I have been spoiled by Goethe.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Stories which have entered our mythology, 30 Sep 2001
By A Customer
The story of Dr F. is no longer an original one, but in Marlowe's time the play pointed up man's increasing attempts to devolve power to himself from God. The rise of science = the fall of man, it seems, and Faustus pays the ultimate price for knowledge.
Reworkings of the Faustian myth are two a-penny today, but Marlowe's original still has a power which few versions since have attained. If you can get through the language, and understand the references to arcane historical figures and events, then you have here a powerful and demanding text. And, whatever the cover price, it has to be worth it for Marlowe's cautionary advice.
Comment Comment (1) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject






















i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.