Christopher Marlowe
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History of Literature #114 – Christopher Marlowe – What Happened and What If?
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:25 — 34.9MB) | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | RSS | More In 1921, T.S. Eliot wrote, “When Shakespeare borrowed from him, which was pretty often at the beginning, Shakespeare either made something inferior or something different.” He was talking about Shakespeare’s near-contemporary Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), whose literary career was cut short by his murder at the Continue reading
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Terrible Poem Breakdown: An Apologia (and What They Knew #16-24)
Yesterday we started the new series Terrible Poem Breakdown, in which I criticized a Terrible Poem primarily for its negativity. I’ve had it pointed out to me that this may be somewhat hypocritical, coming from me. This blog has not exactly been moondreams and rainbows. Readers, I’ve been trying to be encouraging! And yet I Continue reading
Jacke Wilson 