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100 1 _aMarlowe, Christopher,
_d1564-1593
245 1 4 _aThe Tragical History of Doctor Faustus :
_bFrom the Quarto of 1604
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c1997
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Faustus_(play)
500 _aSee also PG#811 from The Quarto Of 1616
500 _aRelease date is 1997-01-01
508 _aProduced by Gary R. Young, and David Widger
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aGermany -- Drama
653 _aTragedies (Drama)
653 _aFaust, -approximately 1540 -- Drama
653 _aMagicians -- Drama
700 1 _aDyce, Alexander,
_d1798-1869
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/779
999 _c42898
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