02846cam a22003735i 4500 27842 27813 013745783 EG-ScBUE 20191211112402.0 070514s2007 enka f b 001 0beng d 9780199232697 (pbk.) StDuBDS eng rda StDuBDS Uk EG-ScBUE e-uk--- 822.3 HON 22 Honan, Park, author. Christopher Marlowe : poet & spy / Park Honan. Christopher Marlowe : poet and spy Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. xv, 421 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes appendices. Originally published: 2005. Includes bibliographical references and index. [Pt.] 1. A Canterbury youth. Birth ; Petty school and the parish ; The King's School -- [pt.] 2. Scholar and spy. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge ; Into espionage -- [pt.] 3. With Shakespeare, Kyd, and the Ralegh Circle. The Tamburlaine phenomenon ; Doctor Faustus ; A spy abroad -- [pt.] 4. Sexuality and reckonings. The keen pleasures of sex ; A little matter of murder. One of the great playwrights of his age, second only to Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe was also a secret agent as well as the central figure in a murder mystery. Now, Park Honan offers the most thoroughly researched and detailed biography of Marlowe to appear in over fifty years. Honan, the acclaimed biographer of Shakespeare, takes us from Marlowe's childhood in Canterbury to his mysterious death in Deptford, shedding much light on this shadowy individual. The book features new information on Marlowe's six-and-a-half years at Cambridge, his shocking blasphemy and his street fights, his methods of preparing himself for writing, and his alleged atheism. The book includes new facts about Marlowe's adventures on the continent, where he was caught with a counterfeit coin, a hanging offense, but talked his way out of the noose and was returned to England in irons. In addition, there is a more exact account of the circumstances that led to his murder, and a fresh description of his evolving relationship with Shakespeare. Researched in archives in England, Europe, and the United States, this superb biography paints an unforgettable portrait of one of the most remarkable figures in English literature. Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. BUEsh Dramatists, English Early modern, 1500-1700 Biography. BUEsh Espionage, British History 16th century. BUEsh Spies Great Britain Biography. BUEsh HHUUEENN November2019 Reading book ddc BB 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 2ND 2019-11-25 Purchase 137.00 0 822.3 HON 000048324 2025-07-15 00:00:00 171.25 2019-11-25 BB