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Why “The Gretchen Tragedy” isn’t…and how Geothe’s Faust fails as a Faustian.
We are told that tragedy and tragic are not interchangeable words. Indeed, the New Oxford American Dictionary—after first listing the patent definition of “an event caus...more...]]> 77546479 684208 480080 0451524772 9780451524775 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175109873m/480080.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175109873s/480080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/480080.Doctor_Faustus 3.51 35 New Mermaids are modernized and fully-annotated editions of classic English plays. Each volume includes:

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• A full introduction which provides a critical account of the play, the staging conventions of the time and recent stage history; discusses authorship, date, sources and the text; and gives guidance for further reading.

Edited and updated by leading scholars and printed in a clear, easy-to-use format, New Mermaids offer invaluable guidance for actor, student, and theatre-goer alike.]]> 1594 2 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 12 08:43:29 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 08:46:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 49070193 1939449 18525 0486282082 9780486282084 79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361m/18525.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361s/18525.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18525.Dr_Faustus 3.69 2425 1594 4 0 false Thu Mar 12 14:37:31 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 14:42:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 44410186 387514 18525 0486282082 9780486282084 79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361m/18525.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361s/18525.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18525.Dr_Faustus 3.69 2425 1594 3 0 false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 11:10:16 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 11:17:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 72242818 2420354 937059 0877520674 9780877520672 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/937059.Tragical_History_of_Doctor_Faustus 4.00 1 1594 4 0 false Fri Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Sep 23 10:52:53 -0700 2009 Sun Dec 20 06:07:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 40922159 1108123 18525 0486282082 9780486282084 79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361m/18525.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361s/18525.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18525.Dr_Faustus 3.69 2425 1594 4 0 false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 05:02:30 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 23 11:13:42 -0700 2009 2
A hilarious reworking of the German legend about a man who sells his soul to the devil, adapted by Martin Jenkins and dramatised by Jonathan Holloway.

Cast:
Mephistopheles ...... Mark Gatiss
Faustus ...... Julian Rhind-Tut...more...]]> 27428845 1107171 18525 0486282082 9780486282084 79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361m/18525.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361s/18525.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18525.Dr_Faustus 3.69 2425 1594 4 0 false Thu Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 11:08:48 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 21:28:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 8895301 611394 18525 0486282082 9780486282084 79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361m/18525.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361s/18525.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18525.Dr_Faustus 3.69 2425 1594 5 0 false Fri Nov 09 13:24:20 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 00:04:00 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4273614 71956 631211 0451527798 9780451527790 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176500243m/631211.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176500243s/631211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/631211.Doctor_Faustus 3.73 207
Faustus' story serves as a warning to those who would sacrifice righteous living for earthly gain. But Marlowe's play is also a deeply symbolic analysis of the shift from the late medieval world to the early modern world—a time when the medieval view that the highest wisdom lay in the theologian's contemplations of God was yielding to the Renaissance view that the highest wisdom lay in the scientist's and statesman's rational analysis of the world around them. Caught between these ideals, Faustus is both a tragic fool destroyed by his own ambition and a hero at the forefront of a changing society. In Doctor Faustus, Marlowe thoughtfully examines faith and enlightenment, nature and science—and the terrible cost of the objects of our desire.

This new edition of Marlowe's classic includes a revised Introduction, a history of the play on stage, and an updated bibliography by the editor, Sylvan Barnet of Tufts University. Also included are generous selections from the historic source of Doctor Faustus and illuminating commentaries by Richard B. Sewall, G. K. Hunter, David Bevington and Eric Rasmussen, and John Russell Brown.]]> 1594 4 0 false Wed Aug 08 13:41:50 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 09:25:41 -0700 2007
For me, _Dr. Faustus_ (1592) resonated with _Paradise Lost_ (1667) quite a bit, particularly in t...more...]]> 90839 1994 80897 0719016436 9780719016431 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170991587m/80897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170991587s/80897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80897.Doctor_Faustus 3.59 51 </div>]]> 1594 3 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Feb 24 12:11:12 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 24 12:22:20 -0800 2007
Marlowe is the warmup act for Shakespeare; he may have broken new ground but it was Shakespeare who mastered the territory. Faustus parti...more...]]> 81642261 2538173 18525 0486282082 9780486282084 79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361m/18525.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361s/18525.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18525.Dr_Faustus 3.69 2425 1594 2 0 false Mon Dec 21 06:05:03 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 21 06:05:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 40235866 635917 18525 0486282082 9780486282084 79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361m/18525.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361s/18525.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18525.Dr_Faustus 3.69 2425 1594 0 0 false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Dec 16 11:38:48 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 11:45:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 29604291 94054 80897 0719016436 9780719016431 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170991587m/80897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170991587s/80897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80897.Doctor_Faustus 3.69 2425 </div>]]> 1594 3 0 false Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 08:07:56 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 08:19:55 -0700 2008
I'd never read Marlowe, but this was pretty much what I had expected. I had to laugh when I read the scene ...more...]]> 40496747 758233 18525 0486282082 9780486282084 79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361m/18525.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361s/18525.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18525.Dr_Faustus 3.69 2425 1594 3 0 false Fri Dec 19 18:31:12 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 18:35:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 22312207 802183 770608 0671457454 9780671457457 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/770608.Tragedy_of_Doctor_Faustus_the 3.75 8 1594 3 0 false Thu May 15 12:26:40 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 12:26:52 -0700 2008 AA100. I’m considering doing the course in 2009 and am getting a head start through <a href=”http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/home.php?ONBAN=OS001&MEDIA=openlearn”>OpenLearn</a>.

I’m not a fan of Ye Olde English but I was pleasantly surp...more...]]> 46117448 1995383 18525 0486282082 9780486282084 79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361m/18525.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361s/18525.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18525.Dr_Faustus 3.69 2425 1594 1 0 false Wed Feb 11 23:45:11 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 23:46:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 43397373 1882877 18525 0486282082 9780486282084 79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361m/18525.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958361s/18525.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18525.Dr_Faustus 3.69 2425 1594 3 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Jan 17 16:33:44 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 16:38:41 -0800 2009 Shakespeare in Love and the scene when all the actors perform the lines about the face that launched a thousand ships.
Marlowe does have some nice lines in this play, but overall I'm not that impres...more...]]> 16057353 412902 2343852 1604246049 9781604246049 5 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2343852.The_Tragical_History_of_Dr_Faustus 3.91 22 1594 4 0 false Sat Mar 15 18:07:04 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 21 22:31:46 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 15 18:06:26 -0700 2008 Dr. Faustus is really cool and a pretty quick read. A contemporary of Shakespeare, some say that had Christopher Marlowe lived longer he would have surpassed Shakespeare. I don't know if I believe that, but he's an important guy of the period and readers should give him some attention. Dr. Faust...more...]]> 7159509 147818 631211 0451527798 9780451527790 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176500243m/631211.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176500243s/631211.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/631211.Doctor_Faustus 3.69 2425
Faustus' story serves as a warning to those who would sacrifice righteous living for earthly gain. But Marlowe's play is also a deeply symbolic analysis of the shift from the late medieval world to the early modern world—a time when the medieval view that the highest wisdom lay in the theologian's contemplations of God was yielding to the Renaissance view that the highest wisdom lay in the scientist's and statesman's rational analysis of the world around them. Caught between these ideals, Faustus is both a tragic fool destroyed by his own ambition and a hero at the forefront of a changing society. In Doctor Faustus, Marlowe thoughtfully examines faith and enlightenment, nature and science—and the terrible cost of the objects of our desire.

This new edition of Marlowe's classic includes a revised Introduction, a history of the play on stage, and an updated bibliography by the editor, Sylvan Barnet of Tufts University. Also included are generous selections from the historic source of Doctor Faustus and illuminating commentaries by Richard B. Sewall, G. K. Hunter, David Bevington and Eric Rasmussen, and John Russell Brown.]]> 1594 5 0 false Thu Jan 24 14:14:44 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 02 13:36:22 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 24 14:14:30 -0800 2008 Doctor Faustus intriguing, if not downright moving. In its first act it hits notes on the combative application of logic, selfish shaping of theology and corruption by power. This is almost as interpretable as you would...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=417709