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Doctor Faustus, A- and B- Texts 1604 by Christopher Marlowe

Doctor Faustus, A- and B- Texts 1604

Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe, David Bevington, Eric Rasmussen

Manchester University Press · Print & ebook · April 8, 1993

This volume in the "Revel Plays" series, offers reading editions, with modern spelling, of the 1604 and 1616 editions of Marlowe's play, arguing that the two cannot be conflated into one.

British & Irish Literary CriticismBritish & Irish PlaysRenaissance Literary Criticism
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Genres
British & Irish Plays, British & Irish Literary Criticism, Renaissance Literary Criticism
Published
Manchester University Press, April 8, 1993

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This volume in the "Revel Plays" series, offers reading editions, with modern spelling, of the 1604 and 1616 editions of Marlowe's play, arguing that the two cannot be conflated into one. Included are sources and commentary, literary criticism, style and staging/performance assessments.

Textual Friction

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  • A- and B-Text comparison
  • Marlowe in a studied, stage-minded frame

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  • Cultural-literacy payoff
  • Good for close reading or performance-minded study

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British & Irish Plays81%
Renaissance Literary Criticism39%
British & Irish Literary Criticism34%

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Publisher categories

  • British & Irish Plays
  • 16th-Century Literary Criticism
Authors
Christopher Marlowe, David Bevington, Eric Rasmussen
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Published
April 8, 1993
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
British & Irish Plays