Christopher Marlowe critical quotes Flashcards
1
Q
For what does Ben Jonson commend Marlowe?
A
‘Marlowe’s mighty line’
2
Q
What does William Long say Tamburlaine expresses?
A
The ‘restless spirit of the age’
3
Q
What does William Long say Faustus exemplifies?
A
‘The ideals of the Renaissance’
4
Q
What does Curtis Perry say of Edward II?
A
‘the unruliness of sexual desire stands in for the troubling instability of personal intimacy and the anxieties built into a social system predicated upon it’
