Doctor Faustus

Marlowe, Christopher 1564-1593 (Author). Barnet, Sylvan. (Added Author).

Summary: The tale of the brilliant mind of a mortal man--and the soul he sells to the devil. This edition includes a revised introduction, a history of the play onstage, and an updated bibliography by the editor. Also includes commentaries by Richard B. Sewall, G.K. Hunter, David Benington and Eric Rasmussen, and John Russell Brown as well as a critical essay by Kevin Dunn.

Record details

ISBN: 9780812418026 (bound pbk)
ISBN: 9780451531612
ISBN: 0451531612
Physical Description: print
xxv, 241 p. ; 18 cm.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: New York : Signet Classics, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Doctor Faustus -- Textual note -- The source of Doctor Faustus from the history of the damnable life and deserved death of Doctor John Faustus -- Commentaries Richard B. Sewall: the tragic form G.K. Hunter five act structure in Doctor Faustus -- David Bevington and Eric Rasmussen Faustus tragedy -- John Russell Brown: Doctor Faustus at Stratford-upon-Avon 1968 -- Kevin Dunn resolving Ambiguities in Marlowe?s Doctor Faustus -- Sylvan Barnet: Marlowe?s Doctor Faustus on the stage.