ENG 1124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Holy Sonnets, Blank Verse, Bollingen Prize
9 Oct 2016
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Christopher marlowe: the passionate shepherd to his love. Attended kings school, then scholarship to cambridge university. Trouble getting his masters because of suspected catholicism. Letter allowed him to get his degree, but suspicions arouse of him being a secret agent (could afford more expensive food than scholarship would allow). Widely admired by others in london, over achieving main character in his play. 4 more plays, dr. faustus was the most famous. Hot topic , sells his soul to the devil to gain power, he cancels his contract with the devil in play. Shakespeare referenced marlowe in a lot of plays, marlowe was his role model. But his plays were more spectacular than marlowe"s. Died in 1593, stabbed in eye over a bill. Could be a cover up because he was accused of treason a few days earlier. Biographical fallacy, poetry reflects the the emotions and perspective of the author in the poem.
