Faustian themes from gnostic origins to the postcolonial
Erschienen:
2010
Verlag:
Rodopi, Amsterdam
Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Introduction; PART I: POTENT ARTS; 1. The Gnostic/Hermetic Tradition: Simon Magus to Faust; 2. Standing and Falling: Marlowe's Doctor Faustus; 3. Ariel Magic: Shakespeare's The Tempest; PART II: OVERGROWN PATHS; 4....
mehr
Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
Fernleihe:
keine Fernleihe
Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Introduction; PART I: POTENT ARTS; 1. The Gnostic/Hermetic Tradition: Simon Magus to Faust; 2. Standing and Falling: Marlowe's Doctor Faustus; 3. Ariel Magic: Shakespeare's The Tempest; PART II: OVERGROWN PATHS; 4. Renaissance and Enlightenment: Kepler and Fludd; 5. Rationality and Romanticism: Newton and Blake; 6. Rediscoveries: Kipling, Yeats, Crowley, Pauli and Jung; PART III: RE-VISIONING MUTUALITIES; 7. The Fictional Fulcrum: Athol Fugard's Dimetos; 8. The Crystal Cliff: David Dabydeen's Disappearance; 9. The Magic Wound: Derek Walcott's Omeros. Hidden mutualities link the work of major postcolonial writers with Christopher Marlowe's drama of the Faustian pact - the manipulation of the material world in exchange for the soul - written as the 'scientific' world-view was emerging which accompanied the imperial expansion of Europe and has determined the economic and social structures of the colonial and postcolonial world. This fascinating study brings together researches in widely different fields to show how Doctor Faustus reflects a Gnostic / Hermetic tradition marginalized within the dominant European power structures. Rediscovered i
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-330). - In English with Latin excerpts. - Description based on print version record
In English with Latin excerpts
Description based on print version record
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002