The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe: Volume IV: The Jew of MaltaOf English Renaissance dramatists, Christopher Marlowe arguably stands second only to Shakespeare in the minds of students, directors, and theatre-goers. Yet despite this fascination with the man and his works, until the present Oxford English Texts edition there has been no complete edition of the works that not only gives them in their original spelling - with full textual apparatus - but also supplies a detailed commentary. Marlow's Jew of Malta - a very popular play in its day, as entries in Henslowe's Diary testify - ranks as one of the most imaginative creations of Elizabethan drama, having no known antecedents for the main events of the plot, and no known counterpart for its protagonist. Here it is presented in a text derived from the 1633 Quarto, with an apparatus of emendations and a full commentary on sources, allusions, and the meaning of difficult passages. |
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... hand , whose heart I'le have ; I , and his sonnes too , or it shall goe hard . I am not of the tribe of Levy , I , That can so soone forget an injury . We Jewes can fawne like Spaniels when we please ; And when we grin we bite , yet are ...
... hand , whose heart I'le have ; I , and his sonnes too , or it shall goe hard . I am not of the tribe of Levy , I , That can so soone forget an injury . We Jewes can fawne like Spaniels when we please ; And when we grin we bite , yet are ...
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... hand in hand , I cannot suffer this . BARABAS . Mathias , as thou lov'st me , not a word . MATHIAS . Well , let it passe , another time shall serve . LODOWICKE . Barabas , is not that the widowes sonne ? BARABAS . I , and take heed ...
... hand in hand , I cannot suffer this . BARABAS . Mathias , as thou lov'st me , not a word . MATHIAS . Well , let it passe , another time shall serve . LODOWICKE . Barabas , is not that the widowes sonne ? BARABAS . I , and take heed ...
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... hand ] ( led ) by the hand , or by a string ' ( OED ' hand ' , 29b ) . 10 bottle - nos'd knave ] The dramatic convention of the Jew's nose extends before and beyond Barabas . In early drama the Jewish phys- iognomy was attributed to the ...
... hand ] ( led ) by the hand , or by a string ' ( OED ' hand ' , 29b ) . 10 bottle - nos'd knave ] The dramatic convention of the Jew's nose extends before and beyond Barabas . In early drama the Jewish phys- iognomy was attributed to the ...
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