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Der Mythos des faustischen Teufelspakts: Geschichte, Legende, Literatur
Baron, Frank
Baron, Frank
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The tale of Faust is inspired by a deal with the devil, a legacy of witch persecution. The anonymous author of the Faust Book of 1587 used such a deal as a plot device. Despite Christopher Marlowe’s masterpiece, based on that translation, the Enlightenment considered the pact with the devil a superstition. Lessing and Goethe thought it necessary to reshape the myth radically.
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2019-08
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DeGruyter
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Myth of Faust, Faustian bargain, Pact with the devil
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Frank Baron (2019). Der Mythos des faustischen Teufelspakts: Geschichte, Legende, Literatur. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110613070