Doctor Faustus (Norton Critical Editions)

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Description: Renaissance England’s great tragedy of intellectual overreaching is as relevant and unsettling today as it was when first performed at the end of the sixteenth century. This edition provides newly edited texts of both the 1604 (A-Text) and 1616 (B-Text) versions of the play, each with detailed explanatory annotations. "Sources and Contexts" includes a generous selection from Marlowe’s main source, The Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Dr. John Faustus, along with contemporary writings on magic and religion (including texts by Agrippa, Calvin, and Perkins) that establish the play’s intellectual background. This ... (more)

Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Release date: 11 February 2005
ISBN-10 : 0393977544 | ISBN-13: 9780393977547

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