by Christopher Marlowe · Orbis · tapa dura · ISBN 9788475302072
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«Tragedias» is the theatre volume by Christopher Marlowe published by Orbis in hardback (316 pages, in Spanish).
The volume brings together three tragedies of Elizabethan theatre: Tamburlaine the Great, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus and Edward II. Marlowe presents characters driven by ambition, the thirst for knowledge and political intrigue, with tragic outcomes.
This edition was published in 1983 and belongs to the Historia Universal de la Literatura collection, no. 68, with a translation by Juan G. de Luaces.
A work for readers interested in classical theatre, Elizabethan literature and universal classics.
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.
