Dr. Faustus Contributor(s): Marlowe, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486282082 ISBN-13: 9780486282084 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $4.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1994 Annotation: One of the glories of Elizabethan drama: Marlowe's powerful retelling of the story of the learned German doctor who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. Footnotes. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Collections |
Dewey: 822.3 |
LCCN: 94007856 |
Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
Physical Information: 0.17" H x 5.2" W x 8.3" (0.12 lbs) 64 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) recognized in the story of Faust's temptation and fall the elements of tragedy. |