Thoughts on Christopher Marlowe

Sammy Y (400 Books)
Sep 9, 2018 · 10 min read
William Larkin, Portrait of Diana Cecil, c. 1614, oil on canvas

It is Aeneas’ frown that ends my days.
If he forsakes me not, I never die,
for in his looks I see eternity,
and he’ll make me immortal with a kiss.

— Dido’s death speech, Dido, Queen of Carthage

Born into a thoroughly average family, Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) could have been the leading light of…

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