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  1. Doctor Faustus
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury, London ; Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    '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... more

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    '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.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Gill, Roma (Herausgeber); King, Ros (Herausgeber)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781408167441
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    Edition: New edition
    Series: New mermaids
    Bloomsbury Drama Online - Core Collection
    Other subjects: Mephistopheles (Legendary character); Faust (-approximately 1540)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource
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    Previously issued in print: London: Bloomsbury, 2008