Doctor Faustus: With The English Faust Book (Hackett Classics)

Excellent item arrived right on schedule!

This book is exactly what I was looking for to use for a school project. The book arrived in great condition. The edges were a little worn, though. The book contains the A-text version of Marlowe's Doctor Faustus along with a very interesting introduction by editor David Wootton. It also contains The English Faust Book. This was a very interesting read and definitely worth the money.

How can one not give 5 stars to Marlowe's classic play? But what makes this edition great is the inclusion of the English Faust Book; an English version of the prose German account of the Faust legend. Here you will find many more details of the story that Marlowe leaves out. Neat grisly stuff!

It is just so convenient to have both the 1604 A-text of Marlowe's Dr.Faustus bound with The English Faust Book. It is in that sense an ideal undergraduate text enabling students to make proper comparisons with a source and thereby to see how Marlowe has rendered the narrative into dramatic form. And anyway the Faust Book is great fun in itself. The editorial material, introduction and notes are also thorough and valuable though in part they might be said to favour someone who has existing knowledge of other editions and writings on Marlowe. And finally, for price, it is perfectly accessible. So thank you to David Wootton and the Hackett Publishing Company for providing such usable materials.

Great book

Excellent price, helpful footnotes, detailed introduction, and the inclusion of the English Faust Book make this a great choice for college students working on the Faust myth or Christopher Marlowe's works. If you're reading it for the Faust tale, be sure to read Goethe's for comparison. Then pick up Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus : The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn As Told by a Friend.

For school nothing exciting but the teacher said it was required. Good price and sent to my house