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CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE - John Bakeless-Morrow...
...John Bakeless adds to this small list a careful, 404-page biography of Marlowe that pulls together a mass of recently discovered Marlowe material, explodes a few hoary Marlowe legends, but leaves the poet as mysterious and romantic as ever. Making a studious attempt to avoid scholarly language, Mr. Bakeless nevertheless spends much time answering earlier scholars, tracks many incorrect interpretations down many blind alleys...
Cautiously pointing out that the circumstances of Marlowe's death may have been accidental. John Bakeless' version nevertheless supports those who believe that Marlowe was a spy. On May 30. 1593. Marlowe had been in London for six years. He had written three sensationally successful tragedies, including Tamburlaine, "the most important event in the history of English literature," and his most recent play. Edward the Second, while not as successful as his first, showed greater mastery of his art. Leaving London to escape the plague, he had been recalled by the authorities two weeks before...
Recently a World Topics Corporation has been formed to take over the magazine and this week it is being issued as a monthly, similar in format to Asia. The new editor: John Bakeless, onetime Managing Editor of the Forum and weekly contributor to TIME...
...Bakeless refers to an item which related how John Carter, newspaperman, had addressed an open letter to President Coolidge. TIME holds that it is inappropriate for newsgatherers, far less assistant literary editors, to address open letters to the President of the U. S. Fully acquainted with Journalist Carter's record, TIME did not dwell upon those portions of it from which he might be expected to have learned who may appropriately address open letters to the President of the U. S. Would Managing Editor Bakeless, himself the author of two volumes on international politics (Economic Causes of Modern...