03001cam a22003855i 4500999001700000001001000017003000900027005001700036008004100053020002500094040004500119043001200164082001900176100002600195245005300221246004000274264005800314300004400372336002600416337002800442338002700470500002500497500003200522504005100554505037900605520121900984600004502203650006802248650005402316650004402370653002702414655001702441942001202458952014502470  c27842d27813013745783EG-ScBUE20191211112402.0070514s2007    enka   f b    001 0beng d  a9780199232697 (pbk.)  aStDuBDSbengerdacStDuBDSdUkdEG-ScBUE  ae-uk---04a822.3bHON2221 aHonan, Park,eauthor.10aChristopher Marlowe :bpoet & spy /cPark Honan.3 aChristopher Marlowe :bpoet and spy 1aOxford ;aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2007.  axv, 421 pages :billustrations ;c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes appendices.  aOriginally published: 2005.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 a[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.  aOne 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.17aMarlowe, Christopher,d1564-1593.2BUEsh 7aDramatists, EnglishyEarly modern, 1500-1700vBiography.2BUEsh 7aEspionage, BritishxHistoryy16th century.vBUEsh 7aSpieszGreat BritainvBiography.2BUEsh  bHHUUEENNcNovember2019  vReading book  2ddccBB  00102ddc40708BaccahaMAINbMAINc2NDd2019-11-25ePurchaseg137.00l0o822.3 HONp000048324r2025-07-15 00:00:00v171.25w2019-11-25yBB