The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe: Volume II: Dr. Faustus

A scholarly edition of a play by Christopher Marlowe. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
This volume of Christopher Marlowe's works is devoted to "Dr Faustus", which is now edited from the edition of 1604. The play is critically discussed and new theories of the text are outlined. Extracts from "The English Faustbook", the main source of the play, are also appended. Despite the modern fascination with Marlowe, and in particular with "Dr Faustus", there has been no edition of his works which not only gives them in their original spelling with full textual apparatus, but also supplies a detailed commentary. This series, edited in three volumes, attempts to supply the need for a fully annotated scholarly treatment of the works.