Christopher Marlowe: A Biographical and Critical Study

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Contents ix
• List of Illustrations xi
• Supplementary Note xii
• I - Canterbury 1
• II - Cambridge 10
• III - Classical Translations 29
• IV - Dido, Queen of Carthage 49
• V - The First Part of 'Tamburlaine the Great' 69
• VI - The Second Part of Tamburlaine the Great 88
• VII - Life in London 101
• VIII - Robert Poley Plot and Counterplot: 1585-8 116
• IX - The Tragedy of the Jew of Malta 129
• Appendix to Chapter IX - Thomas Heywood and 'The Jew of Malta' 148
• X - The Massacre at Paris 151

• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Contents ix
• List of Illustrations xi
• Supplementary Note xii
• I - Canterbury 1
• II - Cambridge 10
• III - Classical Translations 29
• IV - Dido, Queen of Carthage 49
• V - The First Part of 'Tamburlaine the Great' 69
• VI - The Second Part of Tamburlaine the Great 88
• VII - Life in London 101
• VIII - Robert Poley Plot and Counterplot: 1585-8 116
• IX - The Tragedy of the Jew of Malta 129
• Appendix to Chapter IX - Thomas Heywood and 'The Jew of Malta' 148
• X - The Massacre at Paris 151
• Appendix to Chapter X 168
• XI - The Troublesome Reign of Edward the Second, King of England 172
• Appendix to Chapter XI 192
• Appendix to Chapter XI 198
• XII - The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus 203
• XIII - Marlowe's Poems 220
• XV - The 'Atheism' of Chomley, Raleigh, and Marlowe 253
• XVI - 30 May 1593 at Deptford Strand 265
• XVII - The Survivors 284
• XVIII - Marlowe through the Centuries 294
• Appendix 315
• Index 329