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One of the most durable myths in Western culture, the story of Faust tells of a learned German doctor who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. Early enactments of Faust's damnation were often the raffish fare of clowns and low comedians. But the young... Read Full Overview

This edition provides newly edited texts of both the 1604 (A-Text) and 1616 (B-Text) versions of the play, each with detailed explanatory annotations. "Sources and Contexts" includes a generous selection from Marlowe's main source, The Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Dr... Read Full Overview

The original Elizabethan play by Christopher Marlowe, the Tragedy of Doctor Faustus, based on the German legend of the man who risked damnation for the sake of absolute knowledge. Edited and annotated by John D. Harris, its spelling and punctuation modernized, supplemental text... Read Full Overview

'...make me immortal with a kiss' Doctor Faustus is a play about desire: for the best in life, for knowledge, power, material comfort, and influence. Faustus sells his soul to the devil hoping to learn the secrets of the universe, but is fobbed off with explanations which he... Read Full Overview

This fully re-edited, modernised play text is accompanied by commentary notes and an introduction written by Paul Menzer, guiding you through the fume of fact and legend that have accompanied the play across the centuries.

This volume in the "Revel Plays" series, offers reading editions, with modern spelling, of the 1604 and 1616 editions of Marlowe's play, arguing that the two cannot be conflated into one. Included are sources and commentary, literary criticism, style and staging/performance assessments... Read Full Overview

"The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus," more commonly referred to as "Dr. Faustus," is Christopher Marlowe's version of the famous legend of a doctor who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. Based on the German legend of... Read Full Overview

This volume in the "Revel Plays" series, offers reading editions, with modern spelling, of the 1604 and 1616 editions of Marlowe's play, arguing that the two cannot be conflated into one. Included are sources and commentary, literary criticism, style and staging/performance assessments... Read Full Overview

Dr. Faustus is one of the jewels of early modern English drama, and is still widely performed today. Interestingly, the play has come down to the contemporary audience in two distinct versions that have become known as the 'A' and the 'B' texts. David Bevington and Eric Rasmussen,... Read Full Overview

Christopher Marlowe's most famous play is based on the German story 'Faust', in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power, experience, pleasure and knowledge. 'Doctor Faustus' was first published in 1604, eleven years after Marlowe's death and at least twelve years after... Read Full Overview

La tr gica historia del doctor Fausto es una obra de teatro que trata la historia de Fausto, doctor en teolog a, que en su b squeda del conocimiento decide vender su alma al Diablo para conseguir los favores de uno de sus siervos, el demonio Mefist feles.

Doctor Faustus is one of early modern English drama's most fascinating characters, and Doctor Faustusone of its most problematic plays. Selling his soul to Lucifer in return for twenty-four years of power, wealth, knowledge, and sex, Doctor Faustus is at once an aspiring Renaissance... Read Full Overview

Faustus's restless quest for knowledge and his insatiable desire for notoriety drive him to make a pact with the devil in return for the power to perform the black arts. The life-changing decision propels him into a heady, celebrity-obsessed world, as magician and illusionist... Read Full Overview

The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the German story Faust, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power, experience, pleasure and knowledge. Doctor Faustus... Read Full Overview