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The Faust Myth

Religion and the Rise of Representation

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  • © 2007

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  1. David Hawkes
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: Selling the Soul

    • David Hawkes
    Pages 1-18

  3. Faust and Witchcraft

    • David Hawkes
    Pages 19-48

  4. Faust on Stage

    • David Hawkes
    Pages 49-79

  5. Faust and Alienation

    • David Hawkes
    Pages 81-111

  6. Faust and Don Juan

    • David Hawkes
    Pages 113-138

  7. Faust and Enlightenment

    • David Hawkes
    Pages 139-165

  8. Modernist Fausts

    • David Hawkes
    Pages 167-195

  9. Faust Today

    • David Hawkes
    Pages 197-222

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 223-247
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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

About the author

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

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