The definitive biography: a masterly account of Marlowe's work and life and the world in which he lived Shakespeare's contemporary, Christopher Marlowe revolutionized English drama and poetry, transforming the Elizabethan stage into a place of astonishing creativity. The outline of Marlowe's life, work, and violent death are known, but few of the details that explain why his writing and ideas made him such a provocateur in the Elizabethan era have been available until now. In this absorbing consideration of Marlowe and his times, David Riggs presents Marlowe as the language's first poetic dramatist whose desires proved his undoing. In an age of tremendous cultural change in Europe when Cervantes wrote the first novel and Copernicus demonstrated a world subservient to other nonreligious forces, Catholics and Protestants battled for control of England and Elizabeth's crown was anything but secure. Into this whirlwind of change stepped Marlowe espousing sexual freedom and atheism. His beliefs proved too dangerous to those in power and he was condemned as a spy and later murdered. In The World of Christopher Marlowe, Riggs's exhaustive research digs deeply into the mystery of how and why Marlowe was killed.

Tamburlaine the Great, Part One and Part Two are the first plays that Christopher Marlowe wrote for London’s then new freestanding, open-air public playhouses. They trace the progress of Tamburlaine, a Central Asian leader, as he “scourge[s] kingdoms with his conquering sword” and rises to imperial power. The plays were a powerful beginning to Marlowe’s brief career as a public theatre dramatist: the brutally masculine and martial main character immediately captured audiences, and the plays were widely imitated and parodied. Even four hundred years later, Marlowe’s Tamburlaine remains a shocking and seductive figure. The introduction and historical appendices to this new Broadview Edition provide many avenues for readers to understand these plays, presenting other portrayals of Islam from the period, related lives of Tamburlaine from other writers, and material on Marlowe’s scandalous reputation.

In uncovering the origin of the designation 'University Wits', Bob Logan examines the characteristics of the Wits and their influence on the course of Elizabethan drama. For the first time, Christopher Marlowe is placed in the context of the six University Wits, where his reputation stands out as the most prominent, and the impact of his university education on his works is clarified. The essays selected for reprinting assess the most significant scholarship written about Marlowe, including biographical studies, challenges to familiar assumptions about the poet/playwright and his works, compositions on groupings of his works, on individual works, and on subjects particular to Marlowe. Unique in its perspective and in the collection of essays, this book will interest all students and scholars of Renaissance poetry, drama, and specialized cultural contexts.

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Introducing the most innovative of the new directions emerging in Shakespearean scholarship, this volume identifies and explores the new, the changing and the radically 'other' possibilities for Shakespeare Studies at this current time.

UGC NTA NET/JRF English Previous Year Solved Papers 2007-2019 (34 Papers Included) Table of Contents 1. NET/JRF Exam, June-2019 Subject English Paper-II 2. NET/JRF Exam, December-2018 Subject English Paper-II 3. NET/JRF Exam, July-2018 Subject English Paper-II 4. NET/JRF Exam, November-2017 Subject English Paper-II 5. NET/JRF Exam, November-2017 Subject English Paper-III 6. NET/JRF Exam, January-2017 Subject English Paper-II 7. NET/JRF Exam, January-2017 Subject English Paper-III 8. NET/JRF Exam, July-2016 Subject English Paper-II 9. NET/JRF Exam, July-2016 Subject English Paper-III 10. NET/JRF Exam, December-2015 Subject English Paper-II 11. NET/JRF Exam, December-2015 Subject English Paper-III 12. NET/JRF Exam, June-2015 Subject English Paper-II 13. NET/JRF Exam, June-2015 Subject English Paper-III 14. NET/JRF Exam, December-2014 Subject English Paper-II 15. NET/JRF Exam, December-2014 Subject English Paper-III 16. NET/JRF Exam, June-2014 Subject English Paper-II 17. NET/JRF Exam, June-2014 Subject English Paper-III 18. NET/JRF Exam, December-2013 Subject English Paper-II 19. NET/JRF Exam, December-2013 Subject English Paper-III 20. NET/JRF Exam, June-2013 Subject English Paper-II 21. NET/JRF Exam, June-2013 Subject English Paper-III 22. NET/JRF Exam, December-2012 Subject English Paper-II 23. NET/JRF Exam, December-2012 Subject English Paper-III 24. NET/JRF Exam, June-2012 Subject English Paper-II 25. NET/JRF Exam, June-2012 Subject English Paper-III 26. NET/JRF Exam, December-2011 Subject English Paper-II 27. NET/JRF Exam, June-2011 Subject English Paper-II 28. NET/JRF Exam, December-2010 Subject English Paper-II 29. NET/JRF Exam, June-2010 Subject English Paper-II 30. NET/JRF Exam, December-2009 Subject English Paper-II 31. NET/JRF Exam, June-2009 Subject English Paper-II 32. NET/JRF Exam, December-2008 Subject English Paper-II 33. NET/JRF Exam, June-2008 Subject English Paper-II 34. NET/JRF Exam, December-2007 Subject English Paper-II Syllabus English NET JRF UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION NET BUREAU NET SYLLABUS Subject: English Code No. : 30 Unit –I : Drama Unit –II : Poetry Unit –III : Fiction, short story Unit –IV : Non-Fictional Prose NOTE: The first four units must also be tested through comprehension passages to assess critical reading, critical thinking and writing skills. These four units will cover all literatures in English. Unit –V : Language: Basic concepts, theories and pedagogy. English in Use. Unit –VI : English in India: history, evolution and futures Unit –VII : Cultural Studies Unit –VIII : Literary Criticism Unit –IX : Literary Theory post World War II Unit –X : Research Methods and Materials in English