Doctor Faustus

Classic tale of a man's sale of his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge, transformed by an Elizabethan playwright into an epic tragedy of psychological insights and poetic grandeur. One of Western culture''s most enduring myths recounts a learned German doctor''s sale of his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe transformed the Faust legend into the English language''s first epic tragedy, a vivid drama that abounds in psychological insights and poetic grandeur.

• | Author: Christopher Marlowe
• | Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• | Publication Date: Feb 01, 2000
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780486282084
• | ISBN-10: 0486282082