Christopher Marlowe Books

The collection features 51 volumes of essential writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology, curated by Charles William Eliot, Harvard's longest-serving president. Known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it reflects Eliot's vision that a comprehensive liberal education could be achieved through a carefully selected anthology that occupies just five feet of shelf space. This monumental set, originally published between 1909 and 1917, serves as a foundational resource for readers seeking to explore the greatest works of Western thought and culture.

The book is a facsimile reprint of a scarce antiquarian work, preserving its historical significance despite potential imperfections like marks and notations. It aims to protect and promote cultural literature by providing an affordable, high-quality modern edition that remains true to the original text.

Exploring the rich tapestry of the English language, this volume showcases the works of iconic poets like Shakespeare, Keats, and Blake, among others. It highlights the beauty and diversity of English poetry, reflecting its evolution through various cultures and eras. The collection serves as a companion to the long heritage of English literature, inviting readers to experience the profound thoughts and visions expressed in these remarkable poems. Additionally, many selections are available in audiobook format from various digital platforms.

This collection focuses on republishing classic works from the early 1900s and earlier, which have become rare and costly. Pomona Press aims to make these literary treasures accessible by offering affordable, high-quality modern editions that preserve the original text and artwork, ensuring that these timeless stories remain available to a new generation of readers.

An anthology that offers a comprehensive look at the poems of Christopher Marlowe, England's first great poet and playwright.

Their texts fully restored by recent scholarship, Marlowe's astonishing works can now be appreciated as originally written. This edition includes all of Marlowe's plays, including two versions of Doctor Faustus

The essential lyric works of the great Elizabethan playwright newly revised and updated Though best known for his plays and for courting danger as a homosexual, a spy, and an outspoken atheist Christopher Marlowe was also an accomplished and celebrated poet. This long-awaited updated and revised edition of his poems and translations contains his complete lyric works from his translations of Ovidian elegies to his most famous poem, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, to the impressive epic mythological poem Hero and Leander.

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is the most important of Shakespeare's contemporaries. This edition offers his five major plays, which show the radicalism and vitality of his writing in the few years before his violent death. Tamburlaine Part One and Part Two deal with the rise to world prominence of the great Scythian shepherd-robber; The Jew of Malta is a drama of villainy and revenge; Edward II was to influence Shakespeare's Richard II. Doctor Faustus, perhaps the first drama taken from the medieval legend of a man who sells his soul to the devil, is here in both its A- and its B- text, showing the enormous and fascinating differences between the two. Under the General Editorship of Dr. Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. In addition, there is a scholarly introduction and detailed annotation.

Targeting A-level and undergraduate students, this series provides a modern and accessible approach to English Literature. It features updated content from established experts, emphasizing sophisticated analysis, diverse critical perspectives, and broader contexts, making it a valuable resource for deeper literary understanding.