Doctor Faustus
(Sprache: Englisch)
This fully re-edited, modernised play text is accompanied by commentary notes and an introduction written by Paul Menzer, guiding you through the fume of fact and legend that have accompanied the play across the centuries.As well as the complete text of the...
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This fully re-edited, modernised play text is accompanied by commentary notes and an introduction written by Paul Menzer, guiding you through the fume of fact and legend that have accompanied the play across the centuries.As well as the complete text of the play, this re-edited New Mermaids edition includes: · A detailed plot summary and annotations throughout the text· An annotated bibliography and suggestions for further reading· A comprehensive introduction exploring the historical and literary context, and performance history, including Orson Welles's 1937 role as Doctor Faustus as well as recent productions at The Globe and the RSC One of the most spectacular and popular plays of the Elizabethan stage, Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, with its fantastical mix of high-minded theology and low-brow slapstick, has allured generations of readers and playgoers in the ensuing centuries.
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IntroductionPrefacePlot summaryAnalysis1. Historical and literary contexts2. Performance aspects of the text3. Critical interpretationsResources and annotated bibliographyA note on the textThe Play
Autoren-Porträt von Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe was a playwright, poet, scholar, translator and alleged spy. His other works include: Dido Queen of Carthage, Tamburlaine Part 1, Tamburlaine Part 2, The Jew of Malta, Edward II and The Massacre at Paris. He was murdered at the age of 29, in a private dining house in Deptford in 1593. Paul Menzer is the Provost at Mary Baldwin University, USA, where he is a Professor of Shakespeare and Performance. He is the editor of Inside Shakespeare: Essays on the Blackfriars Stage (2006) and author of The Hamlets: Cues, Q's, and Remembered Texts (2008), Anecdotal Shakespeare: a New Performance History (2015), Shakespeare in the Theatre: The American Shakespeare Center (2017), as well as editions of Romeo and Juliet (2017) and Doctor Faustus (2018).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Christopher Marlowe
- 2018, 4. Aufl., 160 Seiten, Maße: 13,1 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Paul Menzer
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
- ISBN-10: 1474295177
- ISBN-13: 9781474295178
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2018
Sprache:
Englisch
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