Lorna Fitzsimmons 
Faust Adaptations from Marlowe to Aboudoma and Markland 

Faust Adaptations, edited and introduced by Lorna Fitzsimmons, takes a comparative cultural studies approach to the ubiquitous legend of Faust and his infernal dealings. Including readings of English, German, Dutch, and Egyptian adaptations ranging from the early modern period to the contemporary moment, this collection emphasizes the interdisciplinary and transcultural tenets of comparative cultural studies. Authors variously analyze the Faustian theme in contexts such as subjectivity, genre, politics, and identity. Chapters focus on the work of Christopher Marlowe, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Adelbert von Chamisso, Lord Byron, Heinrich Heine, Thomas Mann, D. J. Enright, Konrad Boehmer, Mahmoud Aboudoma, Bridge Markland, Andreas Gössling, and Uschi Flacke. Contributors include Frederick Burwick, Christa Knellwolf King, Ehrhard Bahr, Konrad Boehmer, and David G. John.
Faust Adaptations demonstrates the enduring meaningfulness of the Faust concept across borders, genres, languages, nations, cultures, and eras. This collection presents innovative approaches to understanding the mediated, translated, and adapted figure of Faust through both culturally specific inquiry and timeless questions.

Table of Content

Introduction to
Faust Adaptations from Marlowe to Aboudoma and Markland, by Lorna Fitzsimmons

Chapter 1: The Chapbook of Doctor Faustus as Source and Model, by Ehrhard Bahr

Chapter 2: Adelbert von Chamisso’s
Peter Schlemihl and the Quest for the Self, by Christa Knellwolf King

Chapter 3: Lord Byron’s Faustian Plays
Manfred (1817),
Cain (1821), 46

and
The Deformed Transformed (1822), by Frederick Burwick

Chapter 4: Heine’s
Doctor Faust, a Ballet Poem, by Beate I. Allert

Chapter 5: Thomas Mann’s
Doctor Faustus as Political Document, by Ehrhard Bahr

Chapter 6: D. J. Enright and the Faust Theme, by Arnd Bohm

Chapter 7: Is My
Doktor Faustus the Last Opera?, by Konrad Boehmer

Chapter 8:
Faust’s Dreams ( تسواف مالحأ ) and Egyptian Identity, by David G. John

Chapter 9: Repackaging Goethe’s
Faust in Bridge Markland’s
Faust in the Box, by Lynn Marie Kutch

Chapter 10: Imagining Faust in Recent German Historical Fiction, by Waltraud Maierhofer

Bibliography for the Study of the Faust Theme

Index

About the author

Lorna Fitzsimmons is a professor of humanities at California State University, Dominguez Hills. She is the editor of
Goethe’s Faust and Cultural Memory: Comparatist Interfaces (2012);
International Faust Studies: Adaptation, Reception, Translation (2008);
Lives of Faust: The Faust Theme in Literature and Music: A Reader (2008); and
The Oxford Handbook of Faust in Music (co-edited with Charles Mc Knight, Zoltan Roman, and Jonathan Kregor, forthcoming).