Marlowe

Marlowe most often refers to Christopher Marlowe, the Elizabethan playwright and poet whose works include *Doctor Faustus* and *Tamburlaine*.

He was a contemporary of Shakespeare and died young under mysterious circumstances.

Philip Marlowe is the hard-boiled private detective in Raymond Chandler's novels, whose name has become synonymous with the cynical but principled noir investigator.

Marlowe also appears as a given name and surname.

elizabethan

Renaissance

European cultural reawakening

CambridgeUniversity city, two countries
spyCovert information gatherer
atheismRejection of deities

tavern · Shakespeare · blank verse · overreacher · Deptford · murder · controversy · Corpus Christi · Mephistopheles · Helen of Troy

detective

noir

Hard-boiled film genre

hardboiledTough, cynical fiction style
gumshoeInformal term for detective
sleuthPrivate investigator

mystery · investigation · femme fatale · Los Angeles · whiskey · trenchcoat · cynical · wisecrack · underworld · corruption

theatrical

dramatist

Writer of stage works

playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
stageRaised performance platform
tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event

prologue · soliloquy · Globe · spectacle · rhetoric · passion · bombast · villain · monologue · audience

Marlowe

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noir

dramatist

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