Hero and Leander by Christopher Marlowe - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

By Christopher Marlowe

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• Language: English
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• Release date: Jul 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781788774710

Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) was a 16th century playwright, poet, and translator. Considered to be the most famous playwright in the Elizabethan era, Marlowe is believed to have inspired major artists such as Shakespeare. Marlowe was known for his dramatic works that often depicted extreme displays of violence, catering to his audience’s desires. Surrounded by mystery and speculation, Marlowe’s own life was as dramatic and exciting as his plays. Historians are still puzzled by the man, conflicted by rumors that he was a spy, questions about his sexuality, and suspicions regarding his death.

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The Complete Works of

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

VOLUME 12 OF 21

Hero and Leander

Parts Edition

By Delphi Classics, 2015

Version 5

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‘Hero and Leander’

Christopher Marlowe: Parts Edition (in 21 parts)

First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

© Delphi Classics, 2017.

All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

ISBN: 978 1 78877 471 0

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Christopher Marlowe: Parts Edition

This eBook is Part 12 of the Delphi Classics edition of Christopher Marlowe in 21 Parts. It features the unabridged text of Hero and Leander from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of Christopher Marlowe, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

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CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

IN 21 VOLUMES

Parts Edition Contents

The Plays

1, Dido, Queen of Carthage

2, Tamburlaine the Great Parts 1 and 2

3, The Jew of Malta

4, Doctor Faustus - a Text and B Text

5, Edward II

6, The Massacre at Paris

The Apocryphal Play

7, Lust’s Dominion

The Poetry

8, Translation of Book One of Lucan’s the Pharsalia

9, Translation of Ovid’s Elegies

10, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

11, The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd by Sir Walter Raleigh

12, Hero and Leander

13, Fragment

14, In Obitum Honoratissimi Viri, Rogeri Manwood, Militis, Quæstorii Regi- Nalis Capitalis Baronis

15, Dialogue in Verse

16, Epigrams by J.D.

The Criticism

17, The Criticism

The Biographies

18, Marlowe and His Associates by John H. Ingram

19, The Muses’ Darling by Charles Norman

20, Christopher Marlowe - Outlines of His Life and Works by J. G. Lewis

21, The Death of Christopher Marlowe by J. Leslie Hotson

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Hero and Leander

This mythological poem was left unfinished at Marlowe’s death and was completed by George Chapman, from sestiad 3 onwards. The poem tells the Greek legend of the eponymous youths living in cities on opposite sides of the Hellespont, a narrow body of water in what is now northwest Turkey. Hero is a priestess or devotee of Venus (goddess of love and beauty) in Sestos, who lives in chastity despite being devoted to the goddess of love. At a festival in honor of her deity, Venus and Adonis, she is seen by Leander, a youth from Abydos on the opposite side of the Hellespont. Leander falls in love with her, and she reciprocates, although cautiously, as she has made a vow of chastity to Venus.

Hero and Leander by J. M. W. Turner

Hero lamenting over the drowned Leander, by Nicholas Regnier

CONTENTS

INSCRIPTION

THE FIRST SESTIAD

THE SECOND SESTIAD

THE THIRD SESTIAD

THE FOURTH SESTIAD

THE FIFTH SESTIAD

THE SIXTH SESTIAD

INSCRIPTION

TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL SIR THOMAS WALSINGHAM, KNIGHT.

Sir, we think not ourselves discharged of the duty we owe to our friend when we have brought the breathless body to the earth; for, albeit the eye there taketh his ever-farewell of that beloved object, yet the impression of the man that hath been dear unto us, living an after-life in our memory, there putteth us in mind of farther obsequies due unto the deceased; and namely of the performance of whatsoever we may judge shall make to his living credit and to the effecting of his determinations prevented by the stroke of death. By these meditations (as by an intellectual will) I suppose myself executor to the unhappily deceased author of this poem; upon whom knowing that in his lifetime you bestowed many kind favours, entertaining the parts of reckoning and worth which you found in him with good countenance and liberal affection, I cannot but see so far into the will of him dead, that whatsoever issue of his brain should chance to come abroad, that the first breath it should take might be the gentle air of your liking; for, since his self had been accustomed thereunto, it would prove more agreeable and thriving to his right children than any other foster counten- ance whatsoever. At this time seeing that this unfinished tragedy happens under my hands to be imprinted, of a double duty, the one to yourself, the other to the deceased, I present the same to your most favourable allowance, offering my utmost self now and ever to be ready at your worship’s disposing. EDWARD BLUNT.

Note: The first two Sestiads were written by Marlowe; the last four by

Chapman, who supplied also the Arguments for the six Sestiads.

THE FIRST SESTIAD

THE ARGUMENT OF THE FIRST SESTIAD

  Hero’s description and her love’s;

  The fane of Venus where he moves

  His worthy love-suit, and attains;

  Whose bliss the wrath of Fates restrains

  For Cupid’s grace to Mercury:

  Which tale the author doth imply.

On Hellespont, guilty of true love’s blood,

In view and opposite two cities stood,

Sea-borderers, disjoin’d by Neptune’s

Reviews for Hero and Leander by Christopher Marlowe - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

[Paul Lyons · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I very much enjoyed this, Chapman's completion as well as Marlowe's unfinished poem. There are moments of wonderfully telling imagery and complexity in both.