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THE HISTORIE OF THE DAMNABLE LIFE, AND DESERVED DEATH OF DOCTOR JOHN FAUSTUS
THE HISTORIE OF THE DAMNABLE LIFE AND DESERVED DEATH OF DOCTOR JOHN FAUSTUS Author:William Rose, M.A., Ph.D., editor The Faustian theme of the man who sells his soul to the devil in return for material gain is as old as humanity itself. This book collects sixteenth-century literature about a necromancer, astrologer, and magician named Doctor Faustus, starting with the historical person (1480 to 1540). It follows the legend, as it grows in both Germany and En... more »gland. Ends with the earliest extant English Faust Book.« less