Faust Adaptations from Marlowe to Aboudoma and Markland / edited by Lorna Fitzsimmons.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fitzsimmons, Lorna, 1957- editor.

Series:

Comparative cultural studies.

Comparative cultural studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Faust, -approximately 1540--Appreciation.

Faust.

Faust, -approximately 1540--Adaptations.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Faust Adaptations, edited and introduced by Lorna Fitzsimmons, takes a comparative cultural studies approach to the ubiquitous legend of Faust and his infernal dealings. Including readings of English, German, Dutch, and Egyptian adaptations ranging from the early modern period to the contemporary moment, this collection emphasizes the interdisciplinary and transcultural tenets of comparative cultural studies. Authors variously analyze the Faustian theme in contexts such as subjectivity, genre, politics, and identity. Chapters focus on the work of Christopher Marlowe, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Adelbert von Chamisso, Lord Byron, Heinrich Heine, Thomas Mann, D. J. Enright, Konrad Boehmer, Mahmoud Aboudoma, Bridge Markland, Andreas Gössling, and Uschi Flacke. Contributors include Frederick Burwick, Christa Knellwolf King, Ehrhard Bahr, Konrad Boehmer, and David G. John. Faust Adaptations demonstrates the enduring meaningfulness of the Faust concept across borders, genres, languages, nations, cultures, and eras. This collection presents innovative approaches to understanding the mediated, translated, and adapted figure of Faust through both culturally specific inquiry and timeless questions.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Contents

Introduction to Faust Adaptations from Marlowe to Aboudoma and Markland

Chapter 1: The Chapbook of Doctor Faustus as Source and Model

Chapter 2: Adelbert von Chamisso's Peter Schlemihl and the Quest for the Self

Chapter 3: Lord Byron's Faustian Plays Manfred (1817), Cain (1821), and The Deformed Transformed (1822)

Chapter 4: Heine's Doctor Faust, a Ballet Poem

Chapter 5: Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus as Political Document

Chapter 6: D. J. Enright and the Faust Theme

Chapter 7: Is My Doktor Faustus the Last Opera?

Chapter 8: Faust's Dreams and Egyptian Identity

Chapter 9: Repackaging Goethe's Faust in Bridge Markland's Faust in the Box

Chapter 10: Imagining Faust in Recent German Historical Fiction

Bibliography for the Study of the Faust Theme

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781612494739

1612494730

9781612494722

1612494722

OCLC:

962065695