by Christopher Marlowe · Ediciones La Palma · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495037640
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«Hero y Leandro» is the narrative poem by Christopher Marlowe, published by Ediciones La Palma in paperback (84 pages, in Spanish).
Narrative poem by Christopher Marlowe that reworks the Greek legend of Hero and Leander. The work focuses on the couple's love story and the conflicts between desire, passion and fate, set in classical antiquity.
Spanish translation by Antonio Rivero Taravillo; first edition of this translation published on 1 October 2009. ISBN 9788495037640.
For readers of narrative poetry and literary recreations of Greek myths.
Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Based upon the "many imitations" of his play Tamburlaine, modern scholars consider him to have been the foremost dramatist in London in the years just before his mysterious early death. Some scholars also believe that he greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was baptised in the same year as Marlowe and later succeeded him as the preeminent Elizabethan playwright. Marlowe was the first to achieve critical reputation for his use of blank verse, which became the standard for the era. His plays are distinguished by their overreaching protagonists. Themes found within Marlowe's literary works have been noted as humanistic with realistic emotions, which some scholars find difficult to reconcile with Marlowe's "anti-intellectualism" and his catering to the prurient tastes of his Elizabethan audiences for generous displays of extreme physical violence, cruelty, and bloodshed.
