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11.05.2020

“Faust I & II – Updated Edition” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (translated by Stuart Atkins)

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"One of the great classics of European literature, Faust is Goethe's most complex and profound work. To tell the dramatic and tragic story of one man’s pact with the Devil in exchange for knowledge and power, Goethe drew from an immense variety of cultural and historical material, and a wealth of poetic and theatrical traditions. What results is a tour de force illustrating Goethe’s own moral and artistic development, and a symbolic, cautionary tale of Western humanity striving restlessly and ruthlessly for progress. Capturing the sense, poetic variety, and tonal range of the German original in present-day English, Stuart Atkins’s translation presents the formal and rhythmic dexterity of Faust in all its richness and beauty,...>>

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11.05.2020

“Doctor Faustus – Second Edition” by Christopher Marlowe, ed. Michael Keefer

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" Doctor Faustus is a classic; its imaginative boldness and vertiginous ironies have fascinated readers and playgoers alike. But the fact that this play exists in two early versions, printed in 1604 and 1616, has posed formidable problems for critics. How much of either version was written by Marlowe, and which is the more authentic? Is the play orthodox or radically interrogative? Michael Keefer’s early work helped to establish the current consensus that the 1604 text was censored and revised; the Keefer edition, praised for its lucid introduction and scholarship, was the first to restore two displaced scenes to their correct place. Most competing editions presume that the 1604 text was printed from authorial manuscript,...>>

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11.05.2020

“Doctor Faustus” by Christopher Marlowe, ed. John D. Jump

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"In this classic and much-loved edition of Marlowe's best-known play, John D. Jump provides the reader with a wealth of introductory and explanatory material. As well as a fascinating chronology of Marlowe's life and works and extensive notes on the text, this edition includes a substantial and authoritative historical introduction to the play. An essential text whether studying the play in detail or coming to it for the first time. "...>>

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11.05.2020

“Faustus: The Life and Times of a Renaissance Magician” by Leo Ruickbie

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"Five hundred years ago the legend was born of a man who sold his soul to the Devil for power, wealth and women. It is a legend that has inspired genius and still inspires high art and popular culture alike. Around the world there are hundreds of nightly performances of Geothe's Faust, as well as actual attempts at soul-selling on eBay. Faustus has rightly been described as an 'icon of modern culture'. But in 500 years no one has written his biography - until now. 'Faustus' is the real story behind the legend. It is the story of a sixteenth-century scandal, of a man who claimed mastery of the forbidden magical arts and dared...>>

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11.05.2020

“The Book of Mephisto: A Left Hand Path Grimoire of the Faustian Tradition” by Asenath Mason

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"The Book of Mephisto is a modern grimoire based on several years of the author’s personal study and experience with Faustian magic. It is a ritual-book for those interested in practical aspects of the Faustian Tradition, providing a fresh perspective on infamous pacts with the Devil, blood magic, Satanic demonology, and Sabbatic witchcraft. The book contains rituals and magical practices which embrace diverse faces and aspects of Mephistopheles, the devil of the Faustian tradition. For this purpose the author examines demonological elements in chosen works of literature, such as Goethe’s Faust, Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, and Mikhail Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita, and translates them into practical and effective system of modern magic. The role...>>

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