"Doctor Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe - Bookworm History

Episode 14: On magicians, playwrights, and the facts between history's gaps
"The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe

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Greetings, folks! On this episode of Bookworm History we dive into the story of Doctor Faustus, the magician who conjures Mephistopheles and sells his soul to the devil. While you may have heard of Faust, what you may not know is that he was a real person! Today we'll cover the few facts we know about the real Faustus, as well as how this play ended up in two separate, and very different, versions.

For more information about the real Faustus check out "The Faustian Century: German Literature and Culture in the Age of Luther and Faustus" edited by James M. Van der Laan and Andrew Weeks. You can find a digital copy here: https://books.google.com/books?id=J0u...

For more about Marlowe's play I highly recommend the Norton Critical Edition of "Doctor Faustus", which contains both A- and B-Texts, excerpts from the "Faustbook", as well as essays and interpretations. You can find that here: http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Faustus-...

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