Christopher Marlowe and the Succession to the English Crown

Author: Hopkins, Lisa

Source: The Yearbook of English Studies, Volume 38, Numbers 1-2, 1 July 2008 , pp. 183-198(16)

Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association

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Abstract:

This discussion explores a concern that is visible in several of Marlowe's plays: the succession to the English crown. Marlowe seems to have known at least one possible contender for the succession; the question of succession is also explicitly raised at the outset of a work in which he avowed an interest, Machiavelli's The Prince; and the idea of a new ruler and the difficulties he faces in establishing his position occurs in a number of his plays. After brief discussions of selected plays, this paper focuses mainly on the treatment of the topic in Tamburlaine.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Sheffield Hallam University

Publication date: 2008-07-01

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A supplement to the Modern Language Review, this journal includes articles and reviews on the language and literature of the English-speaking world. Most of the volumes published so far are 'Special Numbers', collections of between fifteen and eighteen commissioned articles on particular topics, such as the impact of the French Revolution on English writers; literature in the modern media; and colonial and imperial themes in literature.