The English Faust Book
Title | The English Faust Book PDF eBook |
Author | John Henry Jones |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 304 |
Release | 2011-03-03 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9780521175036 |
A 1994 scholarly edition of a major Renaissance text linked with Marlowe's Dr Faustus.
Faustus and the Censor
Title | Faustus and the Censor PDF eBook |
Author | William Empson |
Publisher | Oxford, UK ; New York, NY, USA : B. Blackwell |
Total Pages | 226 |
Release | 1987-01 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9780631156758 |
Analyzes Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, argues that the original text was subjected to religious censorship, and speculates on the original theme of the play
Faust
Title | Faust PDF eBook |
Author | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
Publisher | Bantam Classics |
Total Pages | 466 |
Release | 1988-07-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0553213482 |
Goethe’s masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Here indeed is a monumental Faust, an audacious man boldly wagering with the devil, Mephistopheles, that no magic, sensuality, experience, or knowledge can lead him to a moment he would wish to last forever. Here, in Faust, Part I, the tremendous versatility of Goethe’s genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe’s characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches’ Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen’s tragic fate. This authoritative edition, which offers Peter Salm’s wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us Faust in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe’s words.
The Tragicall History of D. Faustus...
Title | The Tragicall History of D. Faustus... PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Marlowe |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 142 |
Release | 1604 |
Genre | |
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Faust in Plain and Simple English
Title | Faust in Plain and Simple English PDF eBook |
Author | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012-04 |
Genre | Devil |
ISBN | 9781475181678 |
You've heard the term "Sell Your Soul to the Devil." It sounds very rock and roll, right? Wrong! It actually comes from Goethe's Faust--a tragic work about a man who sells his soul. The themes and plot of Faust seems right out of a modern horror novel--if you can understand it! Unlike most archaic translations of Faust, BookCaps puts a fresh spin on Goethe's classic by using language modern readers won't struggle to make sense of. The original English text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of both text. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.
The Faustus Myth in the English Novel
Title | The Faustus Myth in the English Novel PDF eBook |
Author | Şeyda Sivrioğlu |
Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | 135 |
Release | 2017-06-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1443862622 |
The Faustus myth, before being identified as a myth, was the folktale of a man named Faustus who lived in Germany. Underneath the popularity of this myth lies the basic human instinct to trespass the limits of traditional knowledge in pursuit of self-definition, authentic knowledge and power. This search and transgression also involve the desire to exercise the right of making free authentic choices. Faustus represents universal issues that are relevant for all human beings, which explains the reason why he has acquired mythic stature. Indeed, a most persistent myth has evolved, the appeal of which has led one writer after the other to reshape it. After his story became popular, he reappeared, even in contemporary culture, in different art forms such as literature, both high-brow and popular, including comics, the ballet and the opera. The real historical Faustus came onto the scene as a scholar and persistently reappeared in literature assuming different identities which, however, shared basically the same qualities. This book demonstrates and offers different perspectives to versions of the Faustus myth in literature: Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Goethe’s Faust and John Fowles’ The Magus. The Faustus Myth is a cycle which starts and ends in tragic circumstances in Christopher Marlowe’s Renaissance Faustus, in salvation in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust, and in meaninglessness, ambiguous collapses in John Fowles’ existentialist Nicholas Urfe.
Goethe's Faust
Title | Goethe's Faust PDF eBook |
Author | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 714 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | |
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