Doctor Faustus : A Critical Guide.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Series Introduction -- Timeline -- Introduction -- The Guide -- The Sources -- The Play -- Notes -- Chapter 1 The Critical Backstory -- The Two Texts -- Date -- Co-authorship, Structure and Comedy -- The Birth of Marlowe Studies -- Sceptic or Moralist? -- Marlowe and Early Drama -- The End of the Century -- Helen -- Despair -- Predestination and Free Will -- On to the Future -- Notes -- Chapter 2 The Performance History -- Other Productions in Brief -- Notes -- Chapter 3 The State of the Art: Current Critical Research -- Tendencies -- Patterns -- The Future -- Reference Works -- Notes -- Chapter 4 New Directions: Doctor Faustus and Renaissance Hermeticism -- Notes -- Chapter 5 New Directions: Imperialism as Devilry:A Postcolonial Reading of Doctor Faustus -- Colonial Expansion in the Elizabethan Era -- Faustus and Signification -- Faustus as Imperialist -- Notes -- Chapter 6 New Directions: 'What means this show?' Staging Faustus on Campus -- Notes -- Chapter 7 New Directions: The Other Black Arts: Doctor Faustus and the Inky Worlds of Printing and Writing -- Notes -- Chapter 8 A Survey of Resources -- Annotated Bibliography -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

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.

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