TY - BOOK AU - Marlowe,Christopher TI - Dr. Faustus SN - 0486282082 : AV - PR2664 .A1 1994 U1 - 822/.3 20 PY - 1994/// CY - New York PB - Dover KW - Faust, KW - Magicians KW - Drama KW - Germany KW - Tragedies KW - gsafd N1 - One of the most durable myths in Western culture, the story of Faust tells of a learned German doctor who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. Early enactments of Faust's damnation were often the raffish fare of clowns and low comedians. But the young Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) recognized in the story of Faust's temptation and fall the elements of tragedy UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0704/94007856-d.html ER -