Christopher Marlowe and the Succession to the English Crown

Author: Hopkins, Lisa1

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

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