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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Page 33
... desire to know , to do , and to enjoy all things despite frequent moments of doubt and the temptation to convert ... desires are obviously not entirely satisfied since he is not prepared to die , nevertheless , Faustus is more or less ...
... desire to know , to do , and to enjoy all things despite frequent moments of doubt and the temptation to convert ... desires are obviously not entirely satisfied since he is not prepared to die , nevertheless , Faustus is more or less ...
Page 137
... desires Rudi and only imitates Rudi's desire for Marie . Rudi is a ladies ' man . Naturally he would be attracted to Marie and she to him . Adrian , on the other hand , is the least likely person to win her love and no one is more aware ...
... desires Rudi and only imitates Rudi's desire for Marie . Rudi is a ladies ' man . Naturally he would be attracted to Marie and she to him . Adrian , on the other hand , is the least likely person to win her love and no one is more aware ...
Page 142
... desire for revenge destroy spontaneous desire and replace magic . In Doktor Faustus the imaginary little mermaid is insufficient for Adrian's desires and a flesh - and - blood child is made to fit into the schema of Adrian's imitation ...
... desire for revenge destroy spontaneous desire and replace magic . In Doktor Faustus the imaginary little mermaid is insufficient for Adrian's desires and a flesh - and - blood child is made to fit into the schema of Adrian's imitation ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
The Formula for a Holy Life | 15 |
The Shift from Catholic to Lutheran | 32 |
Copyright | |
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