Doctor Faustus : a critical guide / edited by Sara Munson Deats ; contributors David Bevington [and eight others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Deats, Sara Munson, editor.

Bevington, David M., contributor.

Series:

Continuum Renaissance drama.

Continuum Renaissance Drama

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593. Doctor Faustus.

Marlowe, Christopher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Continuum, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Doctor Faustus, is Christopher Marlowe''s most popular play and is often seen as one of the overwhelming triumphs of the English Renaissance. It has had a rich and varied critical history often arousing violent critical controversy. This guide offers students an introduction to its critical and performance history, surveying notable stage productions from its initial performance in 1594 to the present and including TV, audio and cinematic versions. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated biography provide a basis for further individual research.

Contents:

The Critical Backstory

The Performance History

The State of the Art: Current Critical Research

New Directions: Doctor Faustus and Renaissance Hermeticism

New Directions: Imperialism as Devilry: A Postcolonial Reading of Doctor Faustus

New Directions: ''What means this show?'' Staging Faustus on Campus

New Directions: The Other Black Arts: Doctor Faustus and the Inky Worlds of Printing and Writing

A Survey of Resources.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781441188571

1441188576

OCLC:

893331091