The Faust myth [[electronic resource] ] : religion and the rise of representation / / David Hawkes
Pubbl/distr/stampa
New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
ISBN
1-281-36337-5
9786611363376
0-230-60342-4
Edizione
[1st ed.]
Descrizione fisica
1 online resource (256 p.)
Disciplina
809/.93351
Soggetti
Religion and literature
Electronic books.
Lingua di pubblicazione
Inglese
Formato
Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico
Monografia
Note generali
Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Selling the Soul; 1 Faust and Witchcraft; 2 Faust on Stage; 3 Faust and Alienation; 4 Faust and Don Juan; 5 Faust and Enlightenment; 6 Modernist Fausts; 7 Faust Today; Notes; Index
Sommario/riassunto
This book traces the evolution of the Faust myth from the Sixteenth century to modern times. The authors studied include Marlowe, Calderon, Milton, Goethe, Byron, Dostoevsky, Wilde, Thomas Mann, and Salman Rushdie.