The Massacre at Paris: By Christopher Marlowe
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
The Massacre at Paris: By Christopher Marlowe
By (Author) Mathew R. Martin
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
3rd August 2021
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
822.3
Physical Properties
Hardback
168
Width 138mm, Height 216mm, Spine 11mm
345g
Description
This volume presents a modernised edition of Christopher Marlowe's critical engagement with one of the bloodiest and traumatic episodes of the French Wars of Religion, the wholesale massacre of French Huguenots in Paris in August, 1572. Sensorily shocking and intellectually gripping, the play's dramatic action spans a tumultuous two decades in French history to unfold for its audience the tragic consequences of religious fanaticism, power politics, and dynastic rivalry.
Comprehensively introduced and containing full commentary notes, this edition opens up this frequently neglected but historically significant and dramatically powerful play to student and scholar alike. The introduction examines such topics as the history of the massacre, the play's treatment of its sources, the play's dramatisation of trauma, and the play's exploration of notions of religious toleration.
Author Bio
Mathew R. Martin is Professor of English Language and Literature at Brock University, Canada
