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Literature Arts & Medicine - Doctor Faustus
Faustus was born into lowly circumstances. He studies hard and masters all the knowledges known to man, but he is still dissatisfied.

Marlowe Comparisons
Find a revision of W. W. Greg's 1950 parallel text edition of the two extant versions of Doctor Faustus: the '1604 A' text and the '1616 B' text. Also included is "The English Faust Book" translated from German in 1592 by P. F. Gent. Allows users to examine these Renaissance texts and the intricate relationships between them.

Marlowe the Magician
"Christopher Marlowe visited the University of Wittenberg when he was working as Sir Philip Sidney's page-boy between 1572 and 1578. It was there that he learned the story of Dr. Johannes Faust and his pact with the devil. Faust had been employed at the university up until his strange demise in 1540." Read more about it.

Mystical World Wide Web: "The Faust Legend"
Lloyd Hawkins writes, "Faust owes his enduring notoriety to the anonymous author of the first 'Faustbuch', a collection of tales of the 'Magi' (wise men skilled in science and the occult) which had been told since the Middle Ages and featured such renowned 'wizards' as Merlin, Albertus Magnus and Roger Bacon."

Notes on Berlioz' "La Damnation de Faust"
"Doctor Johannes Faust lived at the beginning of the 16th century. He was a medical practitioner and had studied astrology and alchemy as well as philosophy."

Study Guide for Goethe's Faust
"This work is rich in wonderful contradictions and conflicts. Faust: A Tragedy is the title given his masterpiece by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe." Read more about it.

Summary of Faust
Find an overview of Goethe's "Faust" with commentary.

The Invocation Of Mephistopheles
"Mephistopheles, the most notorious of the spirits of evil, is closely identified with the exploits of Dr. Faust."

The Origins of Dr. John Faustus
"The name 'Faust' has become deeply rooted in European mythology as the name of a man who sold his soul to the devil in return for eartly power and riches..." This site argues for locating the origins of the character of Doctor Faust in the figures of Doctor John Dee and Cornelius Agrippa.

The Variations of Dr. Faustus
"Beginning as a collection of tall tales around one Georgius of Helmstadt (who later became known as Johann Faust), the story of Faust or Faustus has become one of the most used plots in the history of western literature."

Transcendence as dunkler Drang: Striving Towards the Union
This site provides a mystical consideration of the significance of Goethe's classic play.

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