The essential lyric works of the great Elizabethan playwright--newly revised and updated Though
best known for his plays--and for courting danger as a homosexual a spy and an outspoken
atheist--Christopher Marlowe was also an accomplished and celebrated poet. This long-awaited
updated and revised edition of his poems and translations contains his complete lyric
works--from his translations of Ovidian elegies to his most famous poem The Passionate
Shepherd to His Love to the impressive epic mythological poem Hero and Leander. For more than
seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the
English-speaking world. With more than 1 700 titles Penguin Classics represents a global
bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust
the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished
scholars and contemporary authors as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning
translators.
