Doctor Faustus (New Mermaids) (Record no. 10496)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 978-0713673760
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Edition number 1
Classification number 823
Item number 7080
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
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Personal name Christopher Marlowe
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Title Doctor Faustus (New Mermaids)
Medium ENGLISH
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Methuen Drama
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2009
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Extent THIN,PAPERBACK
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Item type Books
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date last borrowed Copy number Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type Public note
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Fiction eps-library eps-library General Stacks 11/03/2016 850.00 2 823 7080 7080 09/06/2022 09/06/2022 1 850.00 11/03/2016 Books '...make me immortal with a kiss' Doctor Faustus is a play about desire: for the best in life, for knowledge, power, material comfort, and influence. Faustus sells his soul to the devil hoping to learn the secrets of the universe, but is fobbed off with explanations which he knows to be inadequate. He is obsessed with fame, but his achievement as a devil-assisted celebrity magician is less substantial than it was previously as a scholar. Marlowe's most famous play is a tragedy, but also extremely funny. It involves hideous representations of the Seven Deadly Sins, and of Helen of Troy, the world's most beautiful woman. With its fireworks and special effects, it was one of the most spectacular and popular on the Elizabethan stage. Yet, ever since Marlowe's death, it has been regularly rewritten. Its mix of fantastical story, slapstick, and raw human emotion still arouses conflicting interpretations, and presents us with endlessly fascinating problems. This student edition is based on the earlier so-called A-text of the play, with the B-text scenes included in an appendix. It contains a lengthy Introduction with interpretation of the play in its historical and cultural context, stage history, discussion of the complex textual problems, and background on the author, date and sources.