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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39305| Title: | Was Marlowe's 'Malta' Malta? |
| Authors: | Farley-Hills, David L. |
| Keywords: | Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593 -- Criticism and interpretation Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. Jew of Malta Malta -- In literature |
| Issue Date: | 1965 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Faculty of Arts |
| Citation: | Farley-Hills, D. L. (1965). Was Marlowe's 'Malta' Malta? Journal of the Faculty of Arts, 3(1), 22-28. |
| Abstract: | If few modern scholars would go so far as to support Leon Kellner's assertion that 'Der "Jew of Malta" ist fast ein historisches drama' probably fewer still would go to the other extreme and agree with Dr. Roth's opinion that 'the play has not the slightest historical foundation or verismilitude'. But how much history is there in the play and how much sheer invention? The most fruitful suggestions in connecting Marlowe's play with actual history to date have centred largely on connecting the central character, Barabas, with two historical Jews, Juan Miques and David Passi yet while the connections are quite striking the strange thing is that neither have any close connection with Malta. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/39305 |
| Appears in Collections: | Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Volume 3, Issue 1 Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Volume 3, Issue 1 |
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