Tamburlaine
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- 7 uur lezen
Christopher Marlowe's story of a Scythian shepherd who through using his brutality, lust for power and also his charm becomes a mighty conqueror and the King of Persia. schovat popis
Tamburlaine de Grote Reeks
Deze dramatische sage beschrijft de opkomst en ondergang van een ambitieuze veroveraar die zonder angst de wereld wil overheersen. Het biedt een aangrijpende verkenning van macht, glorie en de vluchtige aard van menselijke ambitie. Het verhaal zit vol epische veldslagen, politieke intriges en diepgaande karakterstudies. Dit is een tijdloos onderzoek naar het streven naar suprematie en de verwoestende gevolgen ervan.
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Tamburlaine the Great
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- 11 uur lezen
Tamburlaine the Great, Part One and Part Two are the first plays that Christopher Marlowe wrote for London’s then new freestanding, open-air public playhouses. They trace the progress of Tamburlaine, a Central Asian leader, as he “scourge[s] kingdoms with his conquering sword” and rises to imperial power. The plays were a powerful beginning to Marlowe’s brief career as a public theatre dramatist: the brutally masculine and martial main character immediately captured audiences, and the plays were widely imitated and parodied. Even four hundred years later, Marlowe’s Tamburlaine remains a shocking and seductive figure. The introduction and historical appendices to this new Broadview Edition provide many avenues for readers to understand these plays, presenting other portrayals of Islam from the period, related lives of Tamburlaine from other writers, and material on Marlowe’s scandalous reputation.