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Zusatztext Goethe’s Faust , its two parts published almost a quarter of a century apart, is comparable only to Shakespeare’s dramas in its capacity to speak anew to every age and culture. This is confirmed by the book under review, whose fifteen chapters, each by a different hand, cover a very wide area – geographically, culturally, linguistically, temporally, and in terms of performance practice. The list of contributors is impressive: all can claim expertise, and many distinction in their field . . . this is a worthwhile addition to Faust literature. Informationen zum Autor Lorna Fitzsimmons is Associate Professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills, Los Angeles, USA. Vorwort A collection of essays by leading scholars presenting international perspectives on adaptation, reception and translation of the Faust theme in literature, theatre and music. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays, presenting international perspectives on the Faust theme in literature, theatre, performance, music, film, and dance. It examines questions of adaptation, translation and reception centering on a diversity of cultural traditions, including the Chinese, African, Brazilian, Indian and Canadian, as well as the European. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Lorna Fitzsimmons (California State University) Part I: Anteriorities 1. Global Dominion: Faust and Alexander the Great: Arnd Bohm (Carleton University) 2. Hanswurst, Kasperle, Pickelhäring and Faust, Jane Curran (Dalhousie University, Canada) Part II: Faust in Context 3. 'Why all this noise?':Reading Sound In Faust I & II : Alan Corkhill (University of Queensland) 4. Technology as Timelessness: Building and Language in Faust : Claudia Brodsky (Princeton University) 5. Faust and Satan: Conflicting Concepts of the Devil in Faust I , Ehrhard Bahr (UCLA) Part III: Faust : Romantic Intertexts 6. 'Much In The Mode Of Goethe's Mephistopheles': Faust And Byron: Fred Parker (University of Cambridge) 7. 'An orphic tale': Goethe's Faust translated by Coleridge: Frederick Burwick (UCLA) Part IV: Asia 8. The Reception of Faust In Asia: Adrian Hsia (McGill University) 9. Goethe's Faust In India: The Kathakali Adaptation: David G. John (University of Waterloo) 10. Faust 's Spectacular Travels Through China: Recent Faust Productions and their History: Antje Budde (University of Toronto) Part V: The Americas, Europe, Africa and Britain 11. Faust And The Magus Tradition In The Rebel Angels By Robertson Davies: Richard Ilgner (Dalhousie University) 12. They Sold Their Soul for Rock'n'Roll: Faustian Rock Musicals, Paul M. Malone (University of Waterloo) 13. The Faustian Disguise of Edoardo Sanguinetti and Luca Lombardi, Gabriela Becheri (Il Trillo) 14. Contemporary African and Brazilian Adaptations of Goethe's Faust in Post-Colonial Context, Katharina Keim (Ludwig-Maximilians-University) 15. Reality Just Arrived - Mrk Ravenhill's Faust is Dead, Bree Hadley (Queensland University of Technology) Index...
