Christopher Marlowe in fiction

Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593),[1] English playwright and poet,[2] has appeared in works of fiction since the nineteenth century.

[4] Marlowe, alleged to have been a government spy and frequently claimed to have been homosexual, was killed in 1593.

[3] Marlowe first appeared as a literary figure in 1825 in the first part of Ludwig Tieck's novella Dichterleben [de].

[6] Although numerous authors have since had Marlowe appear in a wide variety of literary genres, this has been done with astonishing unimaginativeness.

He is usually the homosexual outsider who rebels against the establishment and fits perfectly into the Elizabethan theatre world, which is described as a gathering place for alternative lifestyles.