MARLOWE'S DIDO AND THE STAGING OF CATHARSIS.

Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593; Tragedy of Dido: Queen of Carthage, The (Theatrical production); Virgil, 70 B.C.-19 B.C.; Aeneid; Aristotle, 384-322 B.C.; Poetics (Book : Aristotle); Sixteenth century; Intellectual life

The article presents a discussion of British author Christopher Marlowe's play "Tragedy of Dido, Queen of Carthage," its relation to ancient Roman writer Virgil's epic poem "Aeneid," and the theory of catharsis in Aristotle's "Poetics." The author contends that Marlowe's work uses the concept of catharsis from "Poetics" as it was being discussed in the sixteenth century in England.