CliffsNotes on Marlowe's Doctor Faustus

by Eva Fitzwater (Editor)

While the legend of Faustus has been around in some form or another since the New Testament, Marlowe's drama is the first to give it a place in the pantheon of Western literature. The famous deal Faustus makes with the Devil is a theme repeated since time immemorial and continues to provide a meaningful moral lesson.

64 pages, Paperback

First published March 7, 1967