Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-231) and index.
Contents
Marlowe and the torment of Tantalus -- Translation as template : all of Ovid's Elegies -- Playing with the powerless : Dido Queen of Carthage -- The conquerer's and the playwright's games : Tamburlaine the Great, part one and part two -- Playing with avarice : The Jew of Malta -- The play of history and desire : Edward II -- Damnation as tantalization : Doctor Faustus -- Frustrating the story of desire : Hero and Leander.
