Marlowe, Christopher

Christopher Marlowe

Detail of a portrait thought to be of Christopher Marlowe, dated 1585, artist unknown; in the …

Courtesy of The Master, Fellow and Scholars of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; photograph, Edward Leigh

Elizabethan poet and Shakespeare's most important predecessor in English drama, who is noted especially for his establishment of dramatic blank verse.

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  Introduction
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  Early years
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  Last years and literary career.
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  Works.
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  Additional Reading