Playing with Desire : Christopher Marlowe and the Art of Tantalization /

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"Playing with Desire takes a new approach to Christopher Marlowe's body of writing, replacing the view of Marlovian desire as heroic aspiration with a far less uplifting model. Fred B. Tromly shows that in Marlowe's writing desire is a response to calculated, teasing enticement, ultim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tromly, Fred B., 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1998.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Marlowe, Christopher.
Marlowe, Christopher, > 1564-1593.
Marlowe, Christopher, > 1564-1593 > Critique et interpretation.
Marlowe, Christopher, > 1564-1593 > Knowledge > Psychology.
Engels.
Toneelstukken.
Sadisme.
Wensen.
Begierde > Motiv
Teasing in literature.
Sex in literature.
Sadism in literature.
Psychology.
Play in literature.
Drama > Psychological aspects.
Desire in literature.
Control (Psychology) in literature.
Aggressiveness in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Sexualite dans la litterature.
Jeu dans la litterature.
Sadisme dans la litterature.
Theâtre (Genre litteraire) > Aspect psychologique.
Contrôle (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Agressivite dans la litterature.
Taquineries dans la litterature.
Desir dans la litterature.
Livres numeriques.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
e-books.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Marlowe and the torment of Tantalus
  • Translation as template: all of Ovid's Elegies
  • Playing with the powerless: Dido Queen of Carthage
  • The conquerer's and the playwright's games: Tamburlaine the Great, part one and part two
  • Playing with avarice: The Jew of Malta
  • The play of history and desire: Edward II
  • Damnation as tantalization: Doctor Faustus
  • Frustrating the story of desire: Hero and Leander.

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