Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-242) and index.
Contents:
Republican representation : Marlowe, the Age of Elizabeth, and Lucan's first book -- Authorship, freedom, and rapture in Marlowe's Ovidian poems -- 'Defend his freedom 'gainst a monarchy' : empire and liberty in Dido, Queen of Carthage and Tamburlaine, parts one and two -- Machevill's republican monarchy : civil war in The Jew of Malta, The massacre at Paris, and Edward II -- 'Make man to live eternally' : the skeptical sublime in Doctor Faustus.
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