This book traces the evolution of the Faust myth from the Sixteenth century to modern times. The authors studied include Marlowe, Calderon, Milton, Goethe, Byron, Dostoevsky, Wilde, Thomas Mann, and Salman Rushdie.

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'An astonishing thesis which Hawkes presents with an astonishing boldness' Renaissance Quarterly

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DAVID HAWKES is associate professor of English at Lehigh University, USA.

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Book Title: The Faust Myth
Book Subtitle: Religion and the Rise of Representation
Authors: David Hawkes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230603424
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-7559-1Published: 12 April 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-53629-0Published: 12 April 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-60342-4Published: 22 January 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 249
Topics: Literary History, European Literature, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Cultural History

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