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Doctor Faustus and Other Plays
Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is the most important of Shakespeare's contemporaries. This edition offers his five major plays, which show the radicalism and vitality of his writing in the few years before his violent death.
Hardcover
Published
March 30th 1995
by Oxford University Press, USA
(first published 1589)
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There is a certain lauded Yale scholar named Harold Bloom who says that, "while Marlowe unfolded, Shakespeare developed." Bloom has a history of saying extremely dumb things masquerading as oracular prounouncements, such as "the world after 9-11 is more dangerous", and "Shakespeare's characters are more real than real people". There is no one who makes me more ashamed to appreciate great literature than Harold Bloom, and as is usual, he is completely wrong in the case of Marlowe; if you do not s...more
Doctor Faustus is probably Marlowe's best known play, but I actually prefer Edward II. For me, Edward II is the masterful culmination of Marlowe's obsession with outsiders. Edward is presented as a weak king dominated by his male lovers, and unable to assert his authority against rebellious nobles. But in his very patheticness, Edward ultimately obtains an existential fulfillment. One important thing to note is that the plot and situation of Edward II are virtually identical to Shakespeare's Ric...more
I have given this 3 stars, mainly because of the Jew of Malta, which I enjoyed very much, it did worry me somewhat all the innuendo between the monks and the nuns, but I guess it shows that even the most chaste of people cannot ignore their animal instincts. From the other plays in this collection, I enjoyed Doctor Faustus and Edward II. I really did not have a clue what was going on in Tamberlaine (in either parts), but one thng I was left with was the unsettling feeling that being loyal was no...more
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You know the story. It's classic. Marlowe was the first to adapt it from the original German version, which was then re-adapted in German by Goethe. It's a pretty sweet plot with all that devil worship and with Mephistopholes and everything.
However, what bothers me the most is that when Faustus makes his pact with the devil he doesn't really ask for much in exchange for his soul. I mean, he can have ANYTHING he wants all the time, but what does he do? He goes to Rome and plays a little trick on...more
However, what bothers me the most is that when Faustus makes his pact with the devil he doesn't really ask for much in exchange for his soul. I mean, he can have ANYTHING he wants all the time, but what does he do? He goes to Rome and plays a little trick on...more
I'm about to do this book for Eng lit and i have to say i'm definately looking forward to it. I really enjoyed this story and the moral dilemma it proposed. what i liked the best is that Faustus didn't get away with it and went to hell - there's too many happy endings these days.
Read "Doctor Faustus" for EN2004: Drama: Reading and Performance, 2011
"Doctor Faustus" was a quick and simple read, only around 40 pages long. So far I've only read the A-text so it shall be interesting to read the B-text and see how it differs. I found it quite amusing in places, although perhaps unintentionally? Faustus's end was tragic but inevitable, although I'm not sure whether it suggests that God wouldn't forgive him or if he was too heavily under Lucifer's power to ask for forgiveness?...more
"Doctor Faustus" was a quick and simple read, only around 40 pages long. So far I've only read the A-text so it shall be interesting to read the B-text and see how it differs. I found it quite amusing in places, although perhaps unintentionally? Faustus's end was tragic but inevitable, although I'm not sure whether it suggests that God wouldn't forgive him or if he was too heavily under Lucifer's power to ask for forgiveness?...more
Just read Doctor Faustus in an hour. Fantastic, as good as I remember. Not tackled the text-b yet though, and I think our tutor wanted us to do that... we shall see.
I know it's a classic, but it's just not my thing. This is only for Dr Faustus.
Read a few selections from it for a class.
The original Darth Vadar. What do you trade?
Unforgettable.
Loved Doctor Faustus, culturally interesting and very entertaining;)
Dr. Gibson helped to make this so amazing. All I can say is get your friends together, play the parts and Dr. Faustus shall rise again!
Perhaps more hilarious than anything Mr. Bill Shakespeare ever wrote. Kind of clumsy, but excellent for its time.
Apr 21, 2007
Amanda
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Those interested in the coulda-been Shakespeare
Shelves:
college
Edward II was my favorite of the one's I've read, though obviously Doctor Faustus is a classic.
Doctor Faustus and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics) by Christopher Marlowe (1998)
Dec 08, 2012
Bryn Hammond
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5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
poets-playwrights
Tie between Tamburlaine and The Jew of Malta.
One of my favorite reads!
Reading "Doctor Faustus" for P&P Class & researching for teaching paper on same.
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Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian next to William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own mysterious and untimely death.
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