| Welcome to the first world wide web edition of the complete works of Christopher Marlowe. This site intends to create an edition of Marlowe's works that transcends the limits of print publication and begins to exploit the flexibility of an electronic medium.* Web publication allows for dynamic, customized display of Marlowe's extant works. Please see the table of contents below for Marlowe's DRAMA, POETRY, TRANSLATIONS and MISCELLANEOUS writings.
Our hope is that by providing users with multiple viewing options, these works will become available for many different uses and audiences. This edition of the complete works offers both original and modernized spelling and punctuation, and provides textual variants and, in many cases, scholarly notes. |
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More specifically, each work is available for viewing either in any of its original published forms or according to later editors' historical collations. For instance, users may select the 1590 Octavo or Quarto version of Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1, or view instead Robinson's 1826 collation.
Our edition of Doctor Faustus provides even more varied display options: links are provided between the two very different original versions, the 1604 A text and the 1616 B text, allowing viewers to make comparisons. In addition, the source text for this play, The English Faust Book, is available both in its entirety and through links to and from the A and B texts. |
Further plans for this Marlowe site include the publication of scholarly articles and historical material relating to Marlowe, and the creation of an interactive discussion area that encourages dialogue on aspects of Marlowe's work and Marlowe scholarship among a wide-ranging audience. We are also developing links to other internet resources on Marlowe. We would love to hear what you think about this site and how it might be improved. We are especially interested in any links to Marlowe-related material on the web. Please write us with your comments.
