Christopher Marlowe

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1) Doctor Faustus

Author

Marlowe, Christopher

Series

Signet classics CQ452. The Signet classic world drama

Pub. Date

[1969]

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The great Elizabethan tragedy based on the classic German legend of worldly ambition, black magic, and surrender to the devil. Christopher Marlowe's dramatic interpretation of the Faust legend remains one of the most famous plays of the English Renaissance. It tells the tragic tale of Dr. John Faustus, a brilliant but dissatisfied scholar who conjures the demon Mephistopheles in pursuit of limitless knowledge and power. Through this satanic messenger,...

2) The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

Pub. Date

1997

3) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust, part I, Egmont, Hermann and Dorthea ; Christopher Marlowe : Dr. Faustus: with introduction and notes ; edited by Charles W. Eliot ; [translations by Anna Swanwick and Ellen Frothingham

Author

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832, Marlowe, Christopher

Series

The Harvard Classics v. 19

Pub. Date

19uu

4) Doctor Faustus

Series

Globe Theatre on screen

Pub. Date

[2013?]

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"Doctor Faustus, restless for knowledge, forsakes scholarship for magic and makes a pact with the Devil: if the evil spirit Mephistopheles will serve him for 24 years, Faustus will yield his soul to the Devil after death. It isn't long before Faustus has doubts about the bargain, but Mephistopheles has plenty of entertainment at hand to distract Faustus from the terrifying reality of his position and the prospect of its agonizing conclusion"--Container...