Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus in a new version

by Edwin Morgan

Christopher Marlowe's "Dr Faustus" tells the chilling tale of the doctor who in return for worldly knowledge and power makes a pact with the Devil and sells his soul. This version by Edwin Morgan incorporates contemporary idioms, removes certain tangential scenes, and questions modern science.

87 pages, Paperback

First published October 5, 1999

About the author

Edwin George Morgan OBE was a Scottish poet and translator who is associated with the Scottish literary renaissance. He is widely recognized as one of the foremost Scottish poets of the 20th century. In 1999, Morgan was made the first Glasgow Poet Laureate. In 2004, he was named as the first Scottish national poet: The Scots Makar.