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The Jew of Malta - Havelock Ellis, Christopher Marlowe
The Jew of Malta
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First performed by Shakespeare's rivals in the 1590s, Christopher Marlowe's The Jew of Malta was a trend-setting, innovative play whose black comedy and final tragic irony illuminate the darker regions of the Elizabethan cultural imagination. Although Jews were banished from England in 1291, the... show more
First performed by Shakespeare's rivals in the 1590s, Christopher Marlowe's The Jew of Malta was a trend-setting, innovative play whose black comedy and final tragic irony illuminate the darker regions of the Elizabethan cultural imagination. Although Jews were banished from England in 1291, the Jew in the form of Barabas, the play's protagonist, returns on the stage to embody and to challenge the dramatic and cultural anti-Semitic stereotypes out of which he is constructed. The result is a theatrically sophisticated but deeply unsettling play whose rich cultural significance extends beyond the early modern period to the present day.The introduction and historical documents in this edition provide a rich context for the world of the play's composition and production, including materials on Jewishness and anti-Semitism, the political struggles over Malta, and Christopher Marlowe's personal and political reputation.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780486431840 (0486431843)
ASIN: 486431843
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 64
Edition language: English
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Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd rated it
4.5 A Complex Play of Love, Revenge, and Murder
For a long time I felt that Kit Marlowe's best play was [book:The Tragical History of Doctor Faust], and though I had read this play previously, it had not stuck in my head in the same way that Doctor Faust did. I suspect it is because the last time that I read this collection of plays I had read th...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
4.0 The Jew of Malta
bookshelves: published-1589, play-dramatisation, fraudio, filthy-lucre, earlymodern16c-18c, classic Read in August, 2009 First broadcast on Radio 3 1993-10-03“Barabas the Jew's assets are stripped by Christians and he wreaks a terrible revenge. A savage 'comic' tragedy of intrigue, murder and lov...
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL rated it
5.0
If you haven't read Marlowe, I recommend him. He's more lurid and over the top than Shakespeare, and nowhere near as subtle - well, not subtle at all, if we're being honest - and he's not as good, but then it's a little uncool to compare anyone to Shakespeare. He is good.Sucks to be this guy, really...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
4.0
First broadcast on Radio 3 1993-10-03“Barabas the Jew's assets are stripped by Christians and he wreaks a terrible revenge. A savage 'comic' tragedy of intrigue, murder and love.” Ian Mcdiarmid (Barabas)Kathryn HuntDavid FleeshmanRobert WhelanRod ArthurCliff HowellsSue JenkinsMichael GrandageDelia C...
narfna
narfna rated it
I wrote a paper on it, but that doesn't mean I *like* it.
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