Whenever people talk about Marlow being shakespeare I have to say NO, linguistically they're complete opposites and Marlowe captivates me, he's closer in tone to Webster. And he doesn't always have the "right" end to the story, his tragedies are messy, his comedies (few and far between) are funny and shock horror, his poetry is beautiful. And he was a honey.
the faerie queen is great fun, are you sure it's not hte size of it that puts you off, it holds my monitor up at the moment. it has a bad press but the bit at the start about slaying dragons sold me. I was enraptured. Find a quiet place and read it aloud, let the language take you, it's lovely as well as a ripping yarn about monsters and dragons and other fun things.
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Date: 2006-10-22 11:40 pm (UTC)the faerie queen is great fun, are you sure it's not hte size of it that puts you off, it holds my monitor up at the moment. it has a bad press but the bit at the start about slaying dragons sold me. I was enraptured. Find a quiet place and read it aloud, let the language take you, it's lovely as well as a ripping yarn about monsters and dragons and other fun things.