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 15
... lives and the deeds and miracles performed are all patterned on the example of Christ . Their purpose is edification ; the holy lives portrayed are themselves to be emulated . The Devil , his demons and human representatives are ...
... lives and the deeds and miracles performed are all patterned on the example of Christ . Their purpose is edification ; the holy lives portrayed are themselves to be emulated . The Devil , his demons and human representatives are ...
Page 16
... lives of the saints are variations of the fixed ideals of the Roman Catholic Church . They are models , the highest standard for all aspiring Christians . Similarly , there is no ambiguity in these stories . Christ and the saints fight ...
... lives of the saints are variations of the fixed ideals of the Roman Catholic Church . They are models , the highest standard for all aspiring Christians . Similarly , there is no ambiguity in these stories . Christ and the saints fight ...
Page 88
... lives . limitations as a person , his lack of daring and imagination in contrast to Adrian contribute to his exaggerated humility and his awe of Leverkühn . His love and admiration for Adrian color his rational judgment and lead him to ...
... lives . limitations as a person , his lack of daring and imagination in contrast to Adrian contribute to his exaggerated humility and his awe of Leverkühn . His love and admiration for Adrian color his rational judgment and lead him to ...
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