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This volume in the "Revel Plays" series, offers reading editions, with modern spelling, of the 1604 and 1616 editions of Marlowe's play, arguing that the two cannot be conflated into one. Included are sources and commentary, literary criticism, style and staging/performance assessments.

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Introduction to "Dr Faustus"; date; sources and background; "Dr Faustus" - the orthodox framework; "Dr Faustus" and humanist inspiration; "Dr Faustus" - magic and poetry; genre and structure; style and imagery; staging and themes in the 1616 quarto; "Dr Faustus" in performance; the texts of "Dr Faustus" - "Dr Faustus", A-text (1604), "Dr Faustus", B-text (1616).

Doctor Faustus A and B Texts 1604 Christopher

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 08/04/1993
      ISBN13: 9780719016431, 978-0719016431
      ISBN10: 719016436
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      Poetry ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume in the "Revel Plays" series, offers reading editions, with modern spelling, of the 1604 and 1616 editions of Marlowe's play, arguing that the two cannot be conflated into one. Included are sources and commentary, literary criticism, style and staging/performance assessments.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction to "Dr Faustus"; date; sources and background; "Dr Faustus" - the orthodox framework; "Dr Faustus" and humanist inspiration; "Dr Faustus" - magic and poetry; genre and structure; style and imagery; staging and themes in the 1616 quarto; "Dr Faustus" in performance; the texts of "Dr Faustus" - "Dr Faustus", A-text (1604), "Dr Faustus", B-text (1616).

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