The Legend of Doctor Faustus – Alma Mater – 2025 – ISBN 978-5-00264-018-8
The Legend of Doctor Faustus
The Legend of Doctor Faustus
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The book "The Legend of Doctor Faust" is a fundamental scientific study of one of the most important plots of European culture. The outstanding Russian philologist V. M. Zhirmunsky collected and commented on the surviving evidence of the existence of this legend in the folk and literary environment, structuring them according to the genre and chronological principle.
A critical translation of historical documents and monuments of fiction is accompanied by a detailed historical and literary article. It examines the origin of the legend around a real historical figure, its development and creative rethinking in folk and book traditions, as well as philosophical and ethical content. Particular attention is paid to the evolution of the image of Faust in the context of the transition from a religious worldview to Renaissance humanism and subsequent artistic interpretations. The researcher leads the reader to the image of Faust that appears before us in the great work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
The book is addressed to philologists, cultural historians, philosophers, and all those interested in the origins of the European intellectual tradition. Thanks to its academic rigor and depth of analysis, V. M. Zhirmunsky's publication has become a benchmark for studying the Faustian myth in the humanities.
A critical translation of historical documents and monuments of fiction is accompanied by a detailed historical and literary article. It examines the origin of the legend around a real historical figure, its development and creative rethinking in folk and book traditions, as well as philosophical and ethical content. Particular attention is paid to the evolution of the image of Faust in the context of the transition from a religious worldview to Renaissance humanism and subsequent artistic interpretations. The researcher leads the reader to the image of Faust that appears before us in the great work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
The book is addressed to philologists, cultural historians, philosophers, and all those interested in the origins of the European intellectual tradition. Thanks to its academic rigor and depth of analysis, V. M. Zhirmunsky's publication has become a benchmark for studying the Faustian myth in the humanities.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books in the series Epochs. Middle Ages. Texts