Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), known to friends by his nickname Kit, was an English playwright and poet who lived a short life ridden with scandal and brilliance. Marlowe was the eldest son of a local cobbler in Canterbury named John Marlowe
Project Update: May 2019
New Publication Rowan Pereira (Stonehill 2019) stayed on as Project Intern for the Spring 2019 semester, driving to Framingham weekly, and completing an independent transcription and encoding of Henry Petowe’s previously unpublished additions to Marlowe’s posthumously published poem, “Hero and
Petowe, Henry. The Second Part of Hero and Leander. Conteyning their further Fortunes. (1598)
Kit Marlowe Project Intern Rowan Pereira (Stonehill College 2019) has transcribed, edited, and encoded Henry Petowe’s continuation of Marlowe’s “Hero and Leander” printed by Thomas Purfoot for Andrew Harris in 1598 (STC 19807) using the Early English Books Online
“Hero and Leander,” Perseus Project
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“Hero and Leander”, Renascence Editions (1595)
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Shakespeare, William
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Although not a “Londoner,” Shakespeare spent most of his adult life there writing and performing plays, socializing in the same literary circle as Christopher Marlowe and other University Wits. After Shakespeare left Stratford-upon-Avon to pursue his professional