Lives of Faust

by Fitzsimmons, Lorna

• ISBN13: 9783110198232
• ISBN10: 3110198231
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-30
• Publisher: De Gruyter

Summary

The theme of Faust, the scholar who compacts his soul to the devil, has undergone many transformations since it first arose in the Reformation period, becoming one of the most profound themes of modernity. This textbook is a collection of major Faust works of literature and music, plus essays by Faust scholars. Texts include the English Faust Book, the Faust Puppet-Play, the ballad The Just Judgment of God shew'¬"d upon Dr. John Faustus, seventeenth- and eighteenth-century performance announcements, Berlioz'¬"s Damnation of Faust, Gounod'¬"s Faust, Hawthorne'¬"s The Birthmark and Ethan Brand, Melville'¬"s Moby Dick, Valéry'¬"s My Faust, and Shapiro'¬"s The Progress of Faust. Topics include the globalization of the theme and Faust rock opera. Key features: contents is geared towards university students in North America and the UK collection of major Faust works of literature and music new edition of the "College of Life Long Learning" (1976)

Table of Contents

Preface
The Changing Faces of Dr. Faustus	p. 1
The Historical Faustus	p. 19
Documents	p. 22
The Faust Books	p. 41
How to Read a Volksbuch: The Faust Book of 1587	p. 41
The Historie of the Damnable Life and Dealignserved Death of Doctor John Faustus	p. 53
Early Faust Plays and Music	p. 145
Marlowe's Doctor Faustus and the English Faust Book	p. 145
Early Faust Music	p. 156
The Just Judgment of God shew'd upon Dr. John Faustus	p. 157
Transformations of the Faust Theme	p. 160
Documents	p. 170
The Puppet-Play of Doctor Faust	p. 175
The Faust Theme in Romantic Music	p. 204
The Damnation of Faust - Berlioz	p. 218
Faust - Gounod	p. 286
19th-Century American Fausts	p. 405
The Birthmark - Hawthorne	p. 407
Ethan Brand (excerpt) - Hawthorne	p. 421
Moby-Dick (excerpt) - Melville	p. 435
Faust in the 20th and 21st Centuries	p. 461
The Faust Theme in Twentieth-Century Opera	p. 461
My Faust (excerpt) - Valery	p. 473
Faust in the Nuclear Age	p. 477
The Progress of Faust - Shapiro	p. 479
Faust Globalized	p. 481
Faust Rock Opera	p. 484
Further Reading	p. 494
Index	p. 499
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