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Beating the devil. What meaning does the Faust legend have for us today?
What would you ask for, if you could have anything you wanted, in exchange for something you didn't value very much?
The magus Faust, as a sixteenth-century German chapbook recounts, asked for information: how were different parts of the universe constructed? What was Hell really like? He also wanted the power to foretell the future, and instant travel to distant places, and true visions of great moments from the past. He wanted beautiful women, too, naturally, and great wealth, and fruits and flowers out of season to dazzle his party guests. He is said to have used his satanic powers to communicate with persons far away, and to halt a plague or two, and he ...
- "Talk Not of a Wife".(American interpretations of the Faust legend in 'The...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Popular Film and Television COOKSEY, THOMAS L. September 22, 1999 700+ words
...American Contributions to the Faust Legend ... let me have a wife, the fairest...recurrent theme in the tradition is that Faust is unmarried, and indeed, that...and Protestantism. On one hand, Faust asserts his individuality and is...
- Faust
- Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology January 1, 2001 700+ words
...and others. The origins of the Faust legend are ancient. The essentials underlying...Sources: Bates, Paul A., ed. Faust: Sources, Works, Criticism...1968. Grim, William E. The Faust Legend in Music and Literature. Lewiston...
- Faust: Icon of Modern Culture.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review Ziolkowski, Theodore January 1, 2006 700+ words
...with Yoko Riley's account of 'Faust through the Eyes of a Japanese Cartoonist...amount of existing material on the Faust legend, thus providing a well-nigh inexhaustible...are exhibition catalogues, such as Faust: Annaherung an einen Mythos, ed...
- Czech-made `Faust' fails to live up to bargain
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Jay Carr, Globe Staff December 23, 1994 700+ words
...no real pity or terror in this "Faust." He just seems to be going through...life-size marionettes act out the Faust legend. A lot of the time Cepek's antihero shambles through his own "Faust" performance, quoting Goethe and...
- East misses West in `Kabuki Faust' // Hybrid production produces weakened...
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Hedy Weiss March 17, 1986 700+ words
Kabuki Faust Dr. Faust James W. Sudik Dr. Kurare Ray Frewen...Sato's Kabuki-style version of the Faust legend, we are told the learned doctor is...weakening of the originals. "Kabuki Faust," which opened last night at the Civic...
- Faust 20e: echos de l'ego. Le demon de Faust on l'homme et ses demons.(Book...
- Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review Rowe, Paul October 1, 2004 700+ words
...echos de l'ego. Le demon de Faust on l'homme et ses demons. Ed...collection records renewed interest in the Faust legend in European culture in recent years...unstageable' Goethe plays contribute to Faust's eternal youth, these essays...
- Devil's food. (portrayal of the fictitious character Faust)
- Magazine article from: American Theatre Langworthy, Douglas July 1, 1993 700+ words
...mixes in episodes from the original Faust chapbooks, and spices the brew with...Schechner's is a politicized Faust for the |90s, which equates Faustian...extensive director's notes, the Faust legend is marked by "phallic energy" that...
- Synetic 'Faust' sinfully physical.(SHOW)(THEATER)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times May 5, 2006 700+ words
...goofy, mock horror flick take on the Faust legend. Adaptor Nathan Weinberger and director...anti-ornamentation statement. Faust's (Greg Marzullo) books and scientific...course of the 80-minute play. Faust is portrayed as a bookworm, his...
