Edward II Contributor(s): Marlowe, Christopher (Author), Masten, Jeffrey (Editor), Gossett, Suzanne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1408133466 ISBN-13: 9781408133460 Publisher: Arden Shakespeare OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2026 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of February 5, 2026 |
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BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Collections | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 336 pages |
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Publisher Description: Critically, theatrically, and politically, the time is ripe for a new edition of Christopher Marlowe's Edward II. Critically, the play has come to be, in the past several decades, a central document in histories and analyses of sexuality in early modern England, with the major figures in gay/queer history and literature of the period contributing to the discussion of male homoeroticism, same-sex friendship, and early modern sodomy in the play. Marlowe - and the relation of his life and death to his writing - has continued to generate interest and controversy among critics as well as the general reading public. At the same time, more traditional questions asked of the play- its contested status as history or tragedy, its status as an early exemplar of the history play, its relation to Shakespeare's histories-have continued to attract critical attention. Edited to the highest Arden standard, the edition gives students a modernised, comprehensively annotated text with a lengthy, illustrated introduction discussing the play's treatment of same-sex relationships both in Marlowe's day and our own, an analysis of the play in performance and in relation to other plays of the period, and a discussion of changing critical views of its themes of obsessive love, power and politics. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gossett, Suzanne: - Suzanne Gossett is Professor of English at Loyola University, Chicago. |