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The gift of fire : aggression and the plays of Christopher Marlowe

Critics have complained that Christopher Marlowe's plays lack "wholeness" or "completeness." This book presents a fresh alternative to familiar textual explanations, or to psychological explanations that focus primarily on Marlowe's homosexuality. Instead, the author centers on Marlowe's aggressiveness as a disruptive force in his creative process, while discussing aggression's thematic implications in his major works. After a review of biographical data, aggression
Print Book, English, ©1995
P. Lang, New York, ©1995