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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... death , and gives them his testament as his inheritance to them . Like Faustus he seeks to comfort them in their mourning , but unlike Faustus he can reassure his companions that his death is only of the flesh whereas Faustus has ...
... death , and gives them his testament as his inheritance to them . Like Faustus he seeks to comfort them in their mourning , but unlike Faustus he can reassure his companions that his death is only of the flesh whereas Faustus has ...
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... death of Christ and of numerous saints and of their posthu- mous miracles which add credence to their beliefs , so the Faustbuch tells of the appearance after death of Faustus to his disciple , Wagner , to whom he makes secret ...
... death of Christ and of numerous saints and of their posthu- mous miracles which add credence to their beliefs , so the Faustbuch tells of the appearance after death of Faustus to his disciple , Wagner , to whom he makes secret ...
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... death ; the two pacts written in blood ( Chapters 6 and 53 ) ; and at least one of the laments ( Chapters 63 , 64 , or 66 ) . In Chapter 61 Faustus instructs his famulus Wagner to write " eine Historiam " after his death for posterity ...
... death ; the two pacts written in blood ( Chapters 6 and 53 ) ; and at least one of the laments ( Chapters 63 , 64 , or 66 ) . In Chapter 61 Faustus instructs his famulus Wagner to write " eine Historiam " after his death for posterity ...
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