Faustus and the Promises of the New Science, C. 1580-1730

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Faustus and the Promises of the New Science, C. 1580-1730 is written by Christa Knellwolf King and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0754661334 (ISBN 10) and 9780754661337 (ISBN 13).

Having identified the literary origins of the Faustus legend in the late sixteenth-century German Faust Book and its English translation, this book argues that the Faustus typology emerged as a vehicle for discussing morality and beliefs. This study examines a broad spectrum of transformations of the thematic core of the legend, concentrating on Marlowe's play, Milton's and Fontenelle's responses to seventeenth-century science, Mountfort's farcical Faustus play and early eighteenth-century harlequinades.