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Doctor Faustus : a critical guide / edited by Sara Munson Deats. - London ; New York : Continuum, c2010. - xiii, 200 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Continuum Renaissance drama .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-187) and index.

Introduction / Sara Munson Deats --
The critical backstory / Bruce E. Brandt --
The performance history / David Bevington --
The state of the art : current critical research / Robert Logan --
New directions : Doctor Faustus and Renaissance hermeticism / Andrew Duxfield --
New directions : imperialism as devilry : a postcolonial reading of Doctor Faustus / Toni Francis --
New directions : 'what means this show?' : staging Faustus on campus / Andrew James Hartley --
New directions : the other black arts : Doctor Faustus and the inky worlds of printing and writing / Georgia E. Brown --
A survey of resources / Sarah K. Scott. TOC

Summary:
"Doctor Faustus" is Christopher Marlowe's most popular play and is often seen as one of the overwhelming triumphs of the English Renaissance. This book presents an introduction to Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus" - introducing its critical history and performance history.



ISBN: 9781847061386 (pbk.) 1847061389 (pbk.) 9781847061379 1847061370

LCCN: 2010290159

LC Class. No.: PR2664 / .D63 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 822.33 / DOC 2010