Marlowe: Four Plays Tamburlaine, Parts One and Two, The Jew of Malta, Edward II and Dr Faustus

This New Mermaids anthology brings together the four most popular and widely studied of Christopher Marlowe's plays: Tamburlaine, Parts 1 and 2, The Jew of Malta, Edward II and Dr Faustus. The new introduction by Brian Gibbons explores the plays in the context of early modern theatre, culture and politics, as well as examing their language, characters and themes. On-page commentary notes guide students to a better understanding and combine to make this an indispensable studetn edition ideal for study and classroom use from A Level upwards.

Christopher Marlowe ( 1564-1593) was an English dramatist and poet of the Elizabethan era.