The Sources of the Faust Tradition: From Simon Magus to Lessing

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Haskell House, 1965 - Literary Criticism - 300 pages
This book will be found an important link in "Der Faust Gedanke in der Welt" & presents much material which is difficult to obtain: The Simon Magus Legend in English translation, abbreviated; the Cyprianus Legend in English translation, complete; The Theophilus Legend in English translation, complete; the references to the historical Faust, original & translation; the English Faust Book of 1592, complete; Faust plays before Lessing; the Ulm puppet play in the original; Lessing's Faust Fragments.

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