Play · c. 1592
Doctor Faustus
Christopher Marlowe
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Play · c. 1592 · English · Renaissance
Doctor Faustus
A scholar trades his soul for twenty-four years of supernatural power.
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The grand promise shrinks into tricks and procrastination. Different surviving texts require care, but both make the final countdown a confrontation with squandered possibility.
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