diff --git a/demo/main.tsx b/demo/main.tsx
index 0d072d9a..fdee5415 100644
--- a/demo/main.tsx
+++ b/demo/main.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ const editorState = EditorState.create({
   schema,
   doc: schema.nodes.doc.create({}, [
     schema.nodes.paragraph.create({}, [
-      schema.text("This", [schema.marks.em.create()]),
+      schema.text("This", [schema.marks.em.create(), schema.marks.em.create()]),
       schema.text(" is the first paragraph"),
     ]),
     schema.nodes.paragraph.create(
diff --git a/src/components/MarkView.tsx b/src/components/MarkView.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c1b865c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/MarkView.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { Mark } from "prosemirror-model";
+import React, { ReactNode, forwardRef } from "react";
+
+import { OutputSpec } from "./OutputSpec.js";
+
+type Props = {
+  mark: Mark;
+  children: ReactNode;
+};
+
+export const MarkView = forwardRef(function MarkView(
+  { mark, children }: Props,
+  ref
+) {
+  const outputSpec = mark.type.spec.toDOM?.(mark, true);
+  if (!outputSpec)
+    throw new Error(`Mark spec for ${mark.type.name} is missing toDOM`);
+
+  return (
+    <OutputSpec ref={ref} outputSpec={outputSpec}>
+      {children}
+    </OutputSpec>
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/components/NodeView.tsx b/src/components/NodeView.tsx
index de8aa116..356d4153 100644
--- a/src/components/NodeView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NodeView.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { ChildDescriptorsContext } from "../contexts/ChildDescriptorsContext.js"
 import { NodeViewContext } from "../contexts/NodeViewContext.js";
 import { NodeViewDesc, ViewDesc } from "../descriptors/ViewDesc.js";
 
+import { MarkView } from "./MarkView.js";
 import { NodeViewComponentProps } from "./NodeViewComponentProps.js";
 import { OutputSpec } from "./OutputSpec.js";
 import { TextNodeView } from "./TextNodeView.js";
@@ -29,10 +30,10 @@ export function NodeView({ node, pos }: Props) {
     useContext(NodeViewContext);
   const siblingDescriptors = useContext(ChildDescriptorsContext);
   const childDescriptors: ViewDesc[] = [];
-  const ref = useRef<HTMLElement | null>(null);
+  const domRef = useRef<HTMLElement | null>(null);
 
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
-    if (!ref.current) return;
+    if (!domRef.current) return;
 
     const firstChildDesc = childDescriptors[0];
 
@@ -41,15 +42,15 @@ export function NodeView({ node, pos }: Props) {
       node,
       [],
       DecorationSet.empty,
-      ref.current,
+      domRef.current,
       firstChildDesc?.dom.parentElement ?? null,
-      ref.current,
+      domRef.current,
       posToDesc,
       domToDesc
     );
     desc.children = childDescriptors;
     posToDesc.set(pos, desc);
-    domToDesc.set(ref.current, desc);
+    domToDesc.set(domRef.current, desc);
     siblingDescriptors.push(desc);
 
     for (const childDesc of childDescriptors) {
@@ -57,12 +58,12 @@ export function NodeView({ node, pos }: Props) {
     }
   });
 
-  const children: ReactNode[] = [];
+  const content: ReactNode[] = [];
   const innerPos = pos + 1;
   node.content.forEach((childNode, offset) => {
     const childPos = innerPos + offset;
     if (childNode.isText) {
-      children.push(
+      content.push(
         <ChildDescriptorsContext.Consumer key={childPos}>
           {(siblingDescriptors) => (
             <TextNodeView
@@ -74,16 +75,20 @@ export function NodeView({ node, pos }: Props) {
         </ChildDescriptorsContext.Consumer>
       );
     } else {
-      children.push(
-        <NodeView key={childPos} node={childNode} pos={childPos} />
-      );
+      content.push(<NodeView key={childPos} node={childNode} pos={childPos} />);
     }
   });
 
-  if (!children.length) {
-    children.push(<TrailingHackView pos={innerPos} />);
+  if (!content.length) {
+    content.push(<TrailingHackView key={innerPos} pos={innerPos} />);
   }
 
+  const children = (
+    <ChildDescriptorsContext.Provider value={childDescriptors}>
+      {content}
+    </ChildDescriptorsContext.Provider>
+  );
+
   const Component:
     | ForwardRefExoticComponent<
         NodeViewComponentProps & RefAttributes<HTMLElement>
@@ -91,9 +96,10 @@ export function NodeView({ node, pos }: Props) {
     | undefined = nodeViews[node.type.name];
 
   if (Component) {
-    return (
+    return node.marks.reduce(
+      (element, mark) => <MarkView mark={mark}>{element}</MarkView>,
       <Component
-        ref={ref}
+        ref={domRef}
         node={node}
         pos={pos}
         decorations={[]}
@@ -102,9 +108,7 @@ export function NodeView({ node, pos }: Props) {
           state.selection.node === node
         }
       >
-        <ChildDescriptorsContext.Provider value={childDescriptors}>
-          {children}
-        </ChildDescriptorsContext.Provider>
+        {children}
       </Component>
     );
   }
@@ -112,11 +116,10 @@ export function NodeView({ node, pos }: Props) {
   const outputSpec: DOMOutputSpec | undefined = node.type.spec.toDOM?.(node);
 
   if (outputSpec) {
-    return (
-      <OutputSpec ref={ref} outputSpec={outputSpec}>
-        <ChildDescriptorsContext.Provider value={childDescriptors}>
-          {children}
-        </ChildDescriptorsContext.Provider>
+    return node.marks.reduce(
+      (element, mark) => <MarkView mark={mark}>{element}</MarkView>,
+      <OutputSpec ref={domRef} outputSpec={outputSpec}>
+        {children}
       </OutputSpec>
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/components/TextNodeView.tsx b/src/components/TextNodeView.tsx
index cf8cab03..b00a2aa6 100644
--- a/src/components/TextNodeView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TextNodeView.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from "../contexts/NodeViewContext.js";
 import { TextViewDesc, ViewDesc } from "../descriptors/ViewDesc.js";
 
-import { OutputSpec } from "./OutputSpec.js";
+import { MarkView } from "./MarkView.js";
 
 type Props = {
   node: Node;
@@ -75,13 +75,10 @@ export class TextNodeView extends Component<Props> {
   }
 
   render() {
-    return this.props.node.marks.reduce<JSX.Element>((children, mark) => {
-      const outputSpec = mark.type.spec.toDOM?.(mark, true);
-      if (!outputSpec)
-        throw new Error(`Mark spec for ${mark.type.name} is missing toDOM`);
-
-      return <OutputSpec outputSpec={outputSpec}>{children}</OutputSpec>;
-    }, <>{this.props.node.text}</>);
+    return this.props.node.marks.reduce<JSX.Element>(
+      (children, mark) => <MarkView mark={mark}>{children}</MarkView>,
+      <>{this.props.node.text}</>
+    );
   }
 }