The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe: Volume III: Edward IIMarlowe's highly controversial Edward II concerns the conflicting claims of love and politics, the urgency of homoerotic desire, and the cruelty with which unscrupulous authority can exert control. The boldness with which the work confronts these issues makes it unique in the period, yet this is the first critical edition of the play with full scholarly apparatus for twenty-five years. Richard Rowland's edition presents an old-spelling text which adheres more closely to the first quarto of 1594 than any edition hitherto. The present volume is the third in the Oxford English Texts Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe. A full commentary and introduction contextualize the play and give an entirely original account of the relationship betweeen the play, Marlowe's own age, and events which immediately followed it. By re-examining textual cruces, new interpretative possibilities are opened up, and the play is related to the language and ideas of Marlowe's contemporaries. A generous selection from Holinshed, Marlowe's principal source, is also included. As critics and historians continue to debate attitudes to love, sexuality, and politics during the English Renaissance, this edition of Edward II extends that debate, offering a new understanding of the eroticism and violence of the play. |
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Page 34
... thought , the Earles are up in armes . EDWARD . I , and tis likewise thought you favour him . QUEEN . Thus do you still suspect me without cause . LADY . Sweet unckle speake more kindly to the queene . 210 215 Exit . 220 225 GAVESTON ...
... thought , the Earles are up in armes . EDWARD . I , and tis likewise thought you favour him . QUEEN . Thus do you still suspect me without cause . LADY . Sweet unckle speake more kindly to the queene . 210 215 Exit . 220 225 GAVESTON ...
Page 84
... thought , for having such a thought , One jewell have I left , receive thou this , Still feare I , and I know not whats the cause , But everie jointe shakes as I give it thee : 85 O if thou harborst murther in thy hart , Let this gift ...
... thought , for having such a thought , One jewell have I left , receive thou this , Still feare I , and I know not whats the cause , But everie jointe shakes as I give it thee : 85 O if thou harborst murther in thy hart , Let this gift ...
Page 128
... thought , he had sworne to make the king to forget himselfe , and the state , to the which he was called ) fur- nished his court with companies of iesters , ruffians , flattering para- sites , musicians , and other vile and naughtie ...
... thought , he had sworne to make the king to forget himselfe , and the state , to the which he was called ) fur- nished his court with companies of iesters , ruffians , flattering para- sites , musicians , and other vile and naughtie ...
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Admiral's Men armes ARUNDEL BALDOCK barons Bartley BISHOP bishop of Hereford bloud brother castell Christopher Marlowe chroniclers commaund court crowne death diuerse earle of Cornewall earle of Kent earle of Lancaster edition Edmund Edward II Elizabethan England English Enter euill Exeunt Exit F. S. Boas farewell farre fauour feare Fraunce friends Gaveston Glocester grace greefe hand hart hath haue head heaven heere Henolt Henry Hereford hir sonne Holinshed Holinshed's honor Iohn Isabell Isabella Killingworth king Edward land Leicester Levune LIGHTBORN line in Qq London lord Mortimer Madam majestie meane MORTIMER SENIOR Mortimer's murther nobilitie noble note to Sc Oxford parlement peeres PEMBROKE Penbrooke prince quarto QUEEN quéene realme receiued reign royal Scene 18 seaze sexual shalbe SIR JOHN souldiers soveraigne stay Stow sweete sword Tamburlaine thee Thomas thou traitor unckle unto vnto vpon W. W. Greg warres WARWICK weele whome Winchester word