The Faust Legend: Popular Formula and Modern NovelAllen reevaluates the Historia von D. Johann Fausten as a work of formulaic fiction which inverts the structural pattern of the medieval saints' legends, subverting Catholic values in favor of Lutheran ones. This reevaluation makes possible a new reading of Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus. Mann adopted the Historia's basic structural pattern of hagiography-antihagiography and rewrote the Faustian pact as Nietzschean ressentiment period. Mann recognized that the Historia had a montage technique of its own and this substantially affected the development of his montage technique in Doktor Faustus. |
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... Simon Magus legend and the Faust legend . Two conclu- sions are nonetheless clear . First , the legend of Simon Magus , like those of Theophilus and Cyprian , was tremen- dously popular in the sixteenth century , in large part due to ...
... Simon Magus legend and the Faust legend . Two conclu- sions are nonetheless clear . First , the legend of Simon Magus , like those of Theophilus and Cyprian , was tremen- dously popular in the sixteenth century , in large part due to ...
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... Simon Magus and his disciple Faustus , Clement's brother.8 This hypothesis is inferred chiefly from the calling card the historical Faustus left Trithemus in May of 1506 which reads : Magister Sabellicus , Faustus iunior , fons ...
... Simon Magus and his disciple Faustus , Clement's brother.8 This hypothesis is inferred chiefly from the calling card the historical Faustus left Trithemus in May of 1506 which reads : Magister Sabellicus , Faustus iunior , fons ...
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... Simon Magus and , like Simon , had a female companion he called Helena . Mann was thus also aware as early as 1938 that the legend of the notorious Simon Magus played an important role in the evolution of the Faust legend , that it was ...
... Simon Magus and , like Simon , had a female companion he called Helena . Mann was thus also aware as early as 1938 that the legend of the notorious Simon Magus played an important role in the evolution of the Faust legend , that it was ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
The Formula for a Holy Life | 15 |
The Shift from Catholic to Lutheran | 32 |
Copyright | |
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Adrian Adrian Leverkühn anecdotes artistic Assmann Beethoven Bergsten buch Calendar of Saints Catholic Cawelti Chapter Christ Christian concept death Devil divine Durchbruch edition envy essay Faust formula Faust legend Faustian reversal Faustus's Faustus's adventures Fischer Verlag formulaic fiction Frank Baron Frankfurt am Main Geist Gesta Romanorum Goethe Golden Legend Gott hagiography Helena historical holy ideal imitation of Faustus inversion irony Johann Fausten Kunst Lichte literary little mermaid Lukács Luther Lutheran Mann's montage technique Manns Doktor Faustus Manns Roman Doktor Marie Mephostophiles mermaid miracles narrative voice narrator negation Nepo Nietzsche Nietzsche's novel pact Peter Petsch popular Princeton reader represents ressentiment Richard Weisberg robuste Naivität role Roman Doktor Faustus Rudi Rudi's saints salvation Schiller Simon Magus soul sources Spies Faustbuch story structure syphilis technique in Doktor Teufelsgespräch theology Thomas Manns Doktor Thomas Manns Roman tion union with Esmeralda values Volksbuch Voss Welt Werke writes Wysling Zeitblom