Christopher Marlowe

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf playwright
poet
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Corpus_Christi_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:birthDate 1564-02-26
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Canterbury
gptkbp:children none
gptkbp:contributedTo tragedy
religious themes
literary legacy
cultural impact
political themes
complex characters
influence on later playwrights
historical plays
use of iambic pentameter
exploration of love
depiction of power struggles
characterization in plays
exploration of humanism
use of soliloquy
depiction of the supernatural
thematic exploration of ambition
use of rhetorical devices
development_of_English_drama
influence_on_the_English_Renaissance
gptkbp:deathDate 1593-05-30
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:Deptford
gptkbp:famousFor blank verse
dramatic poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Christopher Marlowe
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:George_Chapman
gptkb:Ben_Jonson
gptkb:John_Milton
gptkb:T.S._Eliot
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Doctor_Faustus
Tamburlaine
The Jew of Malta
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Hero_and_Leander
gptkb:The_Passionate_Shepherd_to_His_Love
gptkbp:occupation playwright
poet
gptkbp:period Elizabethan era
gptkbp:placeOfDeath stabbing
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:St._Nicholas_Church,_Deptford
gptkbp:spouse none