Examining Marlowe's plays and his major poems, Tromly uses Renaissance mythography, a study of literary sources (especially Ovid), performance history, and social history to demonstrate the centrality of the Tantalus myth to Marlowe?s imagination.
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Examining Marlowe's plays and his major poems, Tromly uses Renaissance mythography, a study of literary sources (especially Ovid), performance history, and social history to demonstrate the centrality of the Tantalus myth to Marlowe?s imagination.
Frontmatter -- -- Contents -- -- Acknowledgments -- -- A Note on Texts -- -- Introduction -- -- 1. Marlowe and the Torment of Tantalus -- -- 2. Translation as Template: All Ovid's Elegies -- -- 3. Playing with the Powerless: Dido Queen of Carthage -- -- 4. The Conqueror's and the Playwright's Games: Tamburlaine the Great, Part One and Part Two -- -- 5. Playing with Avarice: The Jew of Malta -- -- 6. The Play of History and Desire: Edward II -- -- 7. Damnation as Tantalization: Doctor Faustus -- -- 8. Frustrating the Story of Desire: Hero and Leander -- -- Afterword -- -- Notes -- -- Works Cited -- -- Index
