The Tragedy of Dido, Queen of Carthage (Dodo Press) - Couverture souple

Marlowe, Christopher; Nash, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1409949664 ISBN 13 : 9781409949664

Editeur : Dodo Press, 2010

Synopsis

Dido, Queen of Carthage is a short play written by the English playwright Christopher Marlowe, with contributions by Thomas Nash. The story of the play focuses on the classical figure of Dido, the Queen of Carthage. It tells an intense dramatic tale of Dido and her fanatical love for Aeneas (induced by Cupid), Aeneas' betrayal of her and her eventual on his departure for Italy. This edition is from the original 1594 edition. Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian next to William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own mysterious and untimely death. His first drama was Dido, Queen of Carthage. His first play performed on the London stage was Tamburlaine about the conqueror Timur, who rises from shepherd to warrior. It is among the first English plays in blank verse. Tamburlaine was a success, and was followed with Tamburlaine Part II. The two parts were published in 1590; however all of Marlowe's other works were published posthumously. They include: The Jew of Malta, - about a Maltese Jew's barbarous revenge against the city authorities, which has a prologue delivered by a character representing Machiavelli - Edward the Second, The at Paris and The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, based on the German Faustbuch, the first dramatised version of the Faust legend of a scholar's dealing with the devil. Marlowe also wrote poetry, including a, possibly, unfinished minor epic, Hero and Leander and the popular lyric The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.

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The Tragedy of Dido Queen of Carthage

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dodo Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1409949664
• ISBN 13: 9781409949664
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 64
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible