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Christopher Marlowe and the art of tantalization

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"Playing with Desire takes a new approach to Christopher Marlowe's body of writing, replacing the view of Marlovian desire as heroic aspiration with a far less uplifting model. Fred B. Tromly shows that in Marlowe's writing desire is a response to calculated, teasing enticement, ultimately a sign not of power but of impotence. The author identifies this desire with the sadistic irony of the Tantalus myth rather than with the sublime tragedy exemplified by the familiar figure of Icarus.

Thus, Marlowe's characteristic mis en scene is moved from the heavens to the netherworld. Tromly also demonstrates that the manipulations of desire among Marlowe's characters find close parallels in the strategies by which his works tantalize and frustrate their audiences."--BOOK JACKET.

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University of Toronto Press, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Language
English
Pages
238

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Aggressiveness in literature, Control (Psychology) in literature, Desire in literature, Drama, Knowledge, Play in literature, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Drama, Psychology, Sadism in literature, Sex in literature, Teasing in literature, Marlowe, christopher, 1564-1593, Mythology in literature
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-231) and index.

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Toronto, Buffalo

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822/.3
Library of Congress
PR2677.T37 T76 1998, PR2677.T37T76 1998

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Pagination
x, 238 p. ;
Number of pages
238

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OL85814M
ISBN 10
0802043550
LCCN
99193027
OCLC/WorldCat
39515341
Library Thing
7247202
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1856298

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