Project Gutenberg 2004-12-03 Public domain in the USA. 78 Swinburne, Algernon Charles 1837 1909 Maitland, Thomas Maitland, A. C. (Algernon Charles) 08027774 The Age of Shakespeare Christopher Marlowe -- John Webster -- Thomas Dekker -- John Marston -- Thomas Middleton -- William Rowley -- Thomas Heywood -- George Chapman -- Cyril Tourneur. Produced by Ted Garvin, Paul Moots and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Age of Shakespeare" by Algernon Charles Swinburne is a literary criticism written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the lives and contributions of prominent playwrights and poets from the era of Shakespeare, notably Christopher Marlowe, John Webster, and Thomas Dekker, among others, while also exploring their influence on Shakespeare's writing and the context of their times. At the start of the text, the author pays homage to Christopher Marlowe, identifying him as the first great English poet who established the potential of English blank verse. Swinburne emphasizes Marlowe's groundbreaking work, particularly in tragedy, highlighting plays like "Tamburlaine" and "Doctor Faustus." He discusses Marlowe’s stylistic innovations and sets the stage for a broader examination of other contemporaries, like Webster and Dekker, whom he believes also shaped the landscape of English theater. The opening sets a tone of deep admiration for Marlowe's genius and the literary revolution that marked the age, establishing a foundation for the critical exploration that follows. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism PR Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature 539395 479703 2024-09-06T10:54:31.380034 2023-10-06T12:17:29.665078 text/html text/html 473172 2020-12-18T20:40:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 170865 2020-12-18T20:40:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 232690 2024-09-06T10:54:40.009939 application/epub+zip 243919 2024-09-06T10:54:33.090994 application/epub+zip 243920 2024-09-06T10:54:32.066964 application/epub+zip 434919 2024-09-06T10:54:44.610905 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413278 2024-09-06T10:54:39.242930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 416833 2022-09-07T15:18:46.283917 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427323 427248 2024-09-06T10:54:29.470017 2023-10-06T12:17:28.167075 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 427179 2020-12-18T20:40:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 165148 2020-12-18T20:40:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 427170 2020-12-18T20:40:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 165055 2020-12-18T20:40:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20298 2024-09-06T10:54:44.751899 application/rdf+xml 12376 2024-09-06T10:54:32.465966 image/jpeg 3170 2024-09-06T10:54:32.266970 image/jpeg 228232 2024-09-06T10:54:31.419961 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia