Goethe's 'Faust' is considered to be his Magnum Opus and one of the best works of German literature ever completed. It is a universal tale of belonging, love, despair and finding ones purpose. Faust is a man in anguish; having dedicated his life to the sciences, to understanding the world around him he now sees that he has learnt all that he can. He is distraught by the notion that he cannot be at one with the cosmic universe and attain the highest...

The enduring tale of the brilliant mind of a mortal man--and the soul he sells to the devil--is now available in this new edition that includes a revised introduction, a history of the play on stage, and an updated bibliography by editor Sylvan Barnet of Tufts University. Also includes commentaries by Richard B. Sewall, G.K. Hunter, David Benington, and John Russell Brown. (Plays/Drama).

This collection of four plays by Christopher Marlowe features freshly edited texts and modern spelling.

This major new translation by David Constantine conveys the innate lyrical liveliness of Goethe's original. The preface, by A.S. Byatt, considers Goethe's lifelong relationship with the myth of Faust and the play's influence on modern literature.

Presents the complete text to the seventeenth-century versions of Christopher Marlowe's classic play and includes explanatory notes, twenty-five critical essays, and chronology.

Svankmajer's long awaited follow up to his acclaimed 'Alice' is an equally astonishing version of the myth of Dr. Faustus. Merging live action with stop-motion and claymation.