
Lives of Faust
The Faust Theme in Literature and Music. A Reader
Lorna Fitzsimmons(Editor)
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 29. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 507 pages
978-3-11-019823-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book is an interdisciplinary reader on the Faust theme in literature and music from the Reformation to the present. Essays by Faust scholars set the texts in context. Peter Werres introduces the collection with
The Changing Faces of Dr. Faustus
. Osman Durrani and Gerald Strauss discuss contexts of the Faust Book, given in the English translation
The Historie of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus
. David Wootton compares Marlowe's
Doctor Faustus
and the English Faust Book. Klaus L. Berghahn's analysis of transformations of the theme and seventeenth- and eighteenth-century performance announcements contextualize the popular Puppet-Play of Doctor Faust. Works of Faustian music include the ballad
The Just Judgment of God shew'd upon Dr. John Faustus
, Berlioz's
The Damnation of Faust
, and Gounod's Faust. Essays by Henry Bacon and Steven R. Cerf engage the Faust theme in Romantic music and twentieth-century opera. Osman Durrani introduces 19th-Century American Fausts, represented by Hawthorne's
The Birthmark
, and excerpts from Ethan Brand and Melville's
Moby Dick
. Faust themes in the 20th and 21st centuries are represented by Valéry's
My Faust
, Shapiro's
The Progress of Faust
, Osman Durrani's overview of Faust globalized, and Paul M. Malone's work on the Faust theme in rock opera. A reading list is included.
Reviews / Votes
"Fitzsimmons unterteilt ihre Zusammenstellung von Bearbeitungen des Faust-Stoffes in sechs Teile [...]. Die Zusammenstellung kombiniert Primärquellen und einleitende Sekundärtexte, deren Auswahl freilich auf beiden Ebenen [...] kontingent scheint."Marina Münkler in: Germanistik Redaktion 2011, Band 52, Heft 1-2More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Klappenbroschur
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
920 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-019823-2 (9783110198232)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
10/2011
1st Edition
De Gruyter
€29.95
Available for download
Person
Lorna Fitzsimmons, California State University, Dominguez Hills, USA.