ENGL 3020 Lecture Notes - Blank Verse, Iambic Pentameter, English Renaissance Theatre
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He is the atheist spy who got stabbed in the eye at a bar brawl. He was born the same year as shakespeare, 1564. He was born in kent, he was the son of a shoemaker, marlow had the opportunity to go to school. Ba when he was 20, ma when he was 23. At this point he was already a noted poet and translator. He had already produced his translation of ancient. At this point he had already written his play dido the queen of carthage: he was a controversial figure however. In 1587 at 23 years old, at cambridge university. They wanted to deny him his ma because he was a little bit too catholic for their interests. If he was a secret catholic, that means he wouldn"t be able to go to school at cambridge. He had spent some time at a french seminary, where they would train in.
