《Hero and Leander》(English spelling)HeroandLeander

…Marlowe's plays have the drawbacks of being scattered and lacking in nuance in the personalities of his characters (especially his female counterparts), but his blank verses are powerful and full of dramatic force, and they have become a model for subsequent writers. As a poet, he has translated works from classics such as Ovid, as well as several excellent lyric poems, and his unfinished, passionate, tragic love story, Hero and Leander (1598), is highly regarded for its flowing and sometimes sensual poetic descriptions. [Takashi Sasayama]. …

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…マーローの劇は構成が散漫で人物(とくに女性)の性格に陰影が乏しいという欠点をもつが，その無韻詩(ブランク･バース)は力強く劇的な力に満ちており，それ以後の作家にとって一つの範となった。一方，詩人としてはオウィディウスなど古典作品の翻訳のほか幾編かの優れた抒情詩があり，また未完のまま残された情熱的な悲恋物語詩《ヒーローとリアンダーHero and Leander》(1598)は，流麗でときに官能的な詩的描写ゆえに高く評価されている。【笹山 隆】。…

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