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From one of England's greatest playwrights, a remarkably inventive and poetically expressive work that set the form for later Elizabethan dramas. The 2-part romantic tragedy focuses on Tamburlaine ― a Mongol warrior whose relentless rise to greatness and power, together with his enormous greed and vanity, culminates in his eventual downfall.
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J. S Cunningham was, until his retirement, Professor of English at the University of Leicester -- .
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Tamburlaine
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Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR005693932
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Tamburlaine
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W W Norton & Co Inc, U.S.A., 1984
ISBN 10: 0393900215
ISBN 13: 9780393900217
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W.W. Norton & Co, New York, NY, 1971
ISBN 10: 0393900215
ISBN 13: 9780393900217
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Paperback. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 175pp. New Mermaids Series. First Edition Thus [1971], Fourth Printing [1989]. Trade Paperback. Tamburlaine the Great is a play in two parts by Christopher Marlowe. It is loosely based on the life of the Central Asian emperor, Timur (Tamerlane/Timur the Lame, d. 1405). Written in 1587 or 1588, the play is a milestone in Elizabethan public drama; it marks a turning away from the clumsy language and loose plotting of the earlier Tudor dramatists, and a new interest in fresh and vivid language, memorable action, and intellectual complexity. Along with Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, it may be considered the first popular success of London's public stage. Marlowe, generally considered the best of that group of writers known as the University Wits, influenced playwrights well into the Jacobean period, and echoes of the bombast and ambition of Tamburlaine's language can be found in English plays all the way to the Puritan closing of the theatres in 1642. While Tamburlaine is considered inferior to the great tragedies of the late-Elizabethan and early-Jacobean period, its significance in creating a stock of themes and, especially, in demonstrating the potential of blank verse in drama, is still acknowledged. Whereas the real Timur was of Turkic-Mongolian ancestry and belonged to the nobility, for dramatic purposes Marlowe depicts him as a Scythian shepherd who rises to the rank of emperor. First Edition Thus [1971], Fourth Printing [1989]. Seller Inventory # 44362
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Tamburlaine: Christopher Marlowe
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Tamburlaine
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W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0393900215
ISBN 13: 9780393900217
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Store stamp inside. Minor wear to spine and edges. Binding is tight, pages age clean and bright. Over all a very nice copy. Seller Inventory # 011290
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