Abstract:In 1597, had the ghost of Christopher Marlowe returned from 'th'eternal clime' (3.188) 1 where George Chapman sought him in 1598 and wandered down the streets of London, he might have found the experience somewhat disturbing, even for a spectral presence such as himself. If he had looked in at William Ponsonby's bookshop at the Bishop's Head in St Paul's Churchyard, where, according to Thomas Thorpe, even as late as 1600 his 'ghost' could be 'seen walk ... in (at the least) three or four sheets', 2 he would ha… Show more
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