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Zusatztext ‘[This book] aiming to be useful to teachers and students, views the play from varied perspectives. Starting with a useful "Timeline," which begins with Marlowe's life and continues to the present, cataloguing significant stage and publication history, it includes an introduction and eight chapters.'—The Shakespeare Newsletter Informationen zum Autor Sara Munson Deats is Distinguished University Professor of English and Co-Director of the Center of Applied Humanities at The University of South Florida, USA. She has published widely on Marlowe and Shakespeare, has served as President of the Marlowe Society of America, and in 1998 received the international Roma Gill Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Marlowe Scholarship. Klappentext "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 Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus" - introducing its critical history! performance history! the critical landscape and directions in research on the play. Vorwort A comprehensive introduction to Marlowe's Doctor Faustus - introducing its critical history, performance history, the current critical landscape and new directions in research on the play. Zusammenfassung "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 Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus" - introducing its critical history, performance history, the critical landscape and directions in research on the play. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Introduction Timeline Introduction, Sara Munson Deats (University of South Florida, USA) 1. The Critical Backstory, Bruce T. Brandt (South Dakota State University, USA) 2. The Performance History, David Bevington (University of Chicago, USA) 3. The State of the Art - Current Critical Research, Robert A. Logan (University of Hartford, USA) 4. New Directions: Doctor Faustus and Renaissance Hermeticism, Andrew Duxfield (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) 5. New Directions: Imperialism as Devilry: A Postcolonial Analysis of Doctor Faustus , Toni Francis ( The College of the Bahamas) 6. New Directions: "What means this show?" Directing a Student Faustus , Andrew James Hartley (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA) 7. New Directions: The Other Black Arts: Doctor Faustus and the Inky Words of Printing and Writing Georgia Brown (London, UK) 8. A Survey of Resources, Sarah K. Scott (Mount St. Mary's University, USA) Notes on Contributors Index ...
