01887cam a22003733u 4500 779 UtSlPG 20260610133036.0 m cr n 260607r1997||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PR Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593 The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus : From the Quarto of 1604 Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 1997 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Faustus_(play) See also PG#811 from The Quarto Of 1616 Release date is 1997-01-01 Produced by Gary R. Young, and David Widger "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe is an Elizabethan tragedy written in the late 16th century and first performed around 1594. A scholar sells his soul to the devil in exchange for magical powers, facilitated by the demon Mephistopheles. The play follows Faustus's rise as a magician and his ultimate downfall as damnation approaches. Blending classical tragedy with Elizabethan drama, it explores ambition, the limits of knowledge, Christian theology, and Renaissance humanism. The work survives in two distinct versions with ongoing scholarly debate about their significance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Germany -- Drama Tragedies (Drama) Faust, -approximately 1540 -- Drama Magicians -- Drama Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/779 42898 42898