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First published in 1994, this scholarly edition of a major
Renaissance text is edited and introduced by John Henry Jones, a
leading expert on the Faust legend. The English translation of the
best-selling German Faust Book of 1587 has long been known as
Marlowe's principal source for Dr Faustus. The earliest surviving
edition of this translation, published in 1592, is here presented
complete, in modern spelling and with a line register for
reference, together with full details of all alterations and
omissions from the German source. Textual comparisons with Doctor
Faustus and with later editions of the English Faust Book provide
crucial information in the development of the Faust theme in
England and Germany. In an introduction making full use of hitherto
unpublished research, Dr Jones offers new arguments both on the
dating of Marlowe's play, and on the personal history and probable
identity of the original translator of the German Faust Book, known
only as 'P. F. Gent'.
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