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Definition of Marlowe
1. Noun. English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593).
2. Noun. Tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler.
Geographical relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Generic synonyms: Character, Fictional Character, Fictitious Character
Definition of Marlowe
1. Proper noun. (surname habitational from=Old English dot=) from the English place name Marlow. ¹
2. Proper noun. Christopher Marlowe (1564-93), English dramatist. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marlowe
Literary usage of Marlowe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1899)
"The Works of Christopher Marlowe. With some Account of the Author, and Notes.
... Christopher Marlowe. Edited by Havelock Ellis; with a General Introduction ..."
2. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1899)
"The Works of Christopher Marlowe. With some Account of the Author, and Notes.
... Christopher Marlowe. Edited by Havelock Eli.s; with a General Introduction ..."
3. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1893)
"comes to us as Marlowe wrote it, free from those interpolations which clouded
the design in " Faustus;" and it may be said that Marlowe gave by it his ..."
4. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1884)
"The earlier dramatists, such as Nash, Peele, Kyd, Greene, and Marlowe, were for
the most part poor, and reckless in their poverty ; wild livers, ..."
5. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1920)
"Marlowe has one claim on our affection which everyone is ready to ... If there
is any truth in the last statement, we may suppose that Marlowe gave up ..."
6. Shakespere's Predecessors in the English Drama by John Addington Symonds (1884)
"The Poet and Dramatist inseparable in Marlowe—Character of Tamburlaine. ...
Shakspere and Marlowe in the Chronicle-Play—Variety of Characters—Dialogue—The ..."
7. Representative English Plays: From the Middle Ages to the End of the by John Strong Perry Tatlock, Robert Grant Martin (1916)
"To raise the chronicle-history pla to the plane of artistic drama was the wor of
two men, Marlowe and Shakespeare. Edward ¡1 is generally accepted as bein¡ ..."
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