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Dr. Faustus (Dover Thrift Editions) Paperback - 1994
by Christopher Marlowe
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- Title Dr. Faustus (Dover Thrift Editions)
- Author Christopher Marlowe
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 64
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, Mineola, NY
- Date 1994-10-20
- Bookseller's Inventory # mon0001253437
- ISBN 9780486282084 / 0486282082
- Weight 0.12 lbs (0.05 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.17 in (21.08 x 13.21 x 0.43 cm)
- Ages 14 to UP years
- Grade levels 9 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Tragedies, Faust - Drama
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94007856
- Dewey Decimal Code 822.3
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From the rear cover
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.
In his epic treatment of the Faust legend, Marlowe retains much of the rich phantasmagoria of its origins. There are florid visions of an enraged Lucifer, dueling angels, the Seven Deadly Sins, Faustus tormenting the Pope, and his summoning of the spirit of Alexander the Great. But the playwright created equally powerful scenes that invest the work with tragic dignity, among them the doomed man's calling upon Christ to save him and his ultimate rejection of salvation for the embrace of Helen of Troy.