Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note on Texts xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Marlowe and the Torment of Tantalus 9
7. 2. Translation as Template: All Ovid's Elegies 28
8. 3. Playing with the Powerless: Dido Queen of Carthage 46
9. 4. The Conqueror's and the Playwright's Games: Tamburlaine the Great, Part One and Part Two 66
10. 5. Playing with Avarice: The Jew of Malta 92
11. 6. The Play of History and Desire: Edward II 113
12. 7. Damnation as Tantalization: Doctor Faustus 133
13. 8. Frustrating the Story of Desire: Hero and Leander 153
14. Afterword 174
15. Notes 177
16. Works Cited 211
17. Index 233