Doctor Faustus, A- and B- Texts 1604

Eric Rasmussen is Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno David Bevington is Phyllis Fay Horton Professor in the Humanities at the University of Chicago

• Introduction to "Dr Faustus"; date; sources and background; "Dr Faustus" - the orthodox framework; "Dr Faustus" and humanist inspiration; "Dr Faustus" - magic and poetry; genre and structure; style and imagery; staging and themes in the 1616 quarto; "Dr Faustus" in performance; the texts of "Dr Faustus" - "Dr Faustus", A-text (1604), "Dr Faustus", B-text (1616).