This major interdisciplinary collection captures the vitality and increasingly global significance of the Faust figure in literature, theatre and music.
Bringing together scholars from around the world, International Faust Studies examines questions of adaptation, reception and translation centering on Faust discourse in a diversity of cultural contexts, including the Chinese, Japanese, Indian, African, Brazilian and Canadian, as well as the European, British and American. It broadens the field by including studies of lesser known or neglected Faust discourse, including the translation of Goethe's Faust recently attributed to Coleridge, in addition to the canonical.
Introduction Lorna Fitzsimmons Fitzsimmons, Lorna 1
Pt. I Anteriorities
1 Global Dominion: Faust and Alexander the Great Arnd Bohm Bohm, Arnd 17
2 Hanswurst, Kasperle, Pickelharing and Faust Jane Curran Curran, Jane 36
Pt. II Faust in Context
3 'Why all this noise?': Reading Sound In Faust I & II Alan Corkhill Corkhill, Alan 55
4 Technology as Timelessness: Building and Language in Faust Claudia Brodsky Brodsky, Claudia 70
5 Faust and Satan: Conflicting Concepts of the Devil in Faust I Ehrhard Bahr Bahr, Ehrhard 88
Pt. III Faust: Romantic Intertexts
6 'Much In The Mode Of Goethe's Mephistopheles': Faust And Byron Fred Parker Parker, Fred 107
7 'An orphic tale': Goethe's Faust translated by Coleridge Frederick Burwick Burwick, Frederick 124
Pt. IV Asia
8 The Reception of Faust In Asia Adrian Hsia Hsia, Adrian 149
9 Goethe's Faust In India: The Kathakali Adaptation David G. John John, David G. 161
10 Faust's Spectacular Travels Through China: Recent Faust Productions and their History Antje Budde Budde, Antje 177
Pt. V The Americas, Europe, Africa and Britain
11 Faust and the Magus Tradition In Robertson Davies' The Rebel Angels Richard Ilgner Ilgner, Richard 205
12 They Sold Their Soul for Rock'n'Roll: Faustian Rock Musicals Paul M. Malone Malone, Paul M. 216
13 The Faustian Disguise of Edoardo Sanguinetti and Luca Lombardi Gabriela Becheri Becheri, Gabriela 231
14 Contemporary African and Brazilian Adaptations of Goethe's Faust in Post-Colonial Context Katharina Keim Keim, Katharina 244
15 Reality Just Arrived - Mark Ravenhill's Faust is Dead Bree Hadley Hadley, Bree 259
Index 277
Overview
This major interdisciplinary collection captures the vitality and increasingly global significance of the Faust figure in literature, theatre and music.
Bringing together scholars from around the world, International Faust Studies examines questions of adaptation, reception and translation centering on Faust discourse in a diversity of cultural contexts, including the Chinese, Japanese, Indian, African, Brazilian and Canadian, as well as the European, British and American. It ...