<div><p>This edition answers the needs of both beginning and advanced students:</p><p>It features the text of Marlowe's play with modern spelling and punctuation, glosses and annotations on the page, and a thorough Introduction devoted to the play's historical, cultural, and theological contexts.</p><p>In addition, it includes a generous selection of related texts, including excerpts from Machiavelli's <i>The Prince</i>, Gentillet's <i>Anti-Machiavel</i>, and Bacon's <i>The Advancement of Learning</i>.</p><p>Its combination of pedagogical acuity and historical craft make Lynch's an excellent edition of Marlowe's play--one that also serves as a fine introduction to Elizabethan drama as a whole. It moreover offers a convenient window on the reception of Machiavelli in England and the representation of Christmas, Jews, and Turks on the Elizabethan stage.</p></div>