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Marlowe   /mˈɑrlˌoʊ/   Listen
Marlowe

noun
1.
English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593).  Synonym: Christopher Marlowe.
2.
Tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler.  Synonym: Philip Marlowe.





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"Marlowe" Quotes from Famous Books



... verse of Scripture: "What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" Professor Moulton reminds us that the Faust legend appeared first in the Middle Ages. In early English, Marlowe has it, Calderon put it into Spanish, the most familiar form of it is Goethe's, while Philip Bailey has called his account of it Festus. In each of those forms the same idea occurs. A man sells his soul to the devil for the gaining ...
— The Greatest English Classic A Study of the King James Version of • Cleland Boyd McAfee


Words linked to "Marlowe" :   playwright, dramatist, U.S., fictional character, poet, fictitious character, Christopher Marlowe, US, United States of America, USA, the States, U.S.A., United States, character, Philip Marlowe, America


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