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La trágica historia del doctor Fausto, traducida también simplemente como Doctor Fausto (título original en inglés: The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus ), es una obra de teatro inglesa escrita por Christopher Marlowe, basada en la leyenda de Fausto, en la que un hombre vende su alma al diablo para conseguir poder y conoc...
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about the title character Faust. It was probably written in 1592 or 1593, shortly before Marlowe's death.
- c. 1592
- 16th century Europe
- England
- Christopher Marlowe
23 de abr. de 2024 · Doctor Faustus, tragedy in five acts by Christopher Marlowe, published in 1604 but first performed a decade or so earlier. Marlowe’s play followed by only a few years the first translation into English of the medieval legend on which the play is based. In Doctor Faustus Marlowe retells the story of
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John Faustus (which we will refer to as the History). It is clear from the numerous similarities in plot, episodes and even language between the History and our play that the History was Marlowe's primary source. Readers wishing to read the History may find it online in a 19th century book entitled Mediaeval Tales, which can be accessed at the
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It is a classic tragedy that explores the themes of knowledge, power, and sacrifice. The play follows the ambitious scholar Dr. Faustus, who, dissatisfied with traditional forms of knowledge, enters into a pact with the devil, Mephistopheles.
Full Title: The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus; When Written: Unknown. Possibly around 1592, when the English translation of a German version of the story is known to have surfaced. Where Written: Unknown. When Published: 1604 (A-text) and 1616 (B-text).
29 de jul. de 2020 · Christopher Marlowe in Doctor Faustus, one of the earliest and the most famous non-Shakespearean Elizabethan tragedies, manages not only to bridge the gap between the medieval morality plays and the secular, classically influenced dramas of the Renaissance but to produce one of the core myths of Western civilization.
