International Faust Studies: Adaptation, Reception, Translation Book

Introduction Lorna Fitzsimmons Fitzsimmons, Lorna 1

Pt. I Anteriorities

1 Global Dominion: Faust and Alexander the Great Arnd Bohm Bohm, Arnd 17

2 Hanswurst, Kasperle, Pickelharing and Faust Jane Curran Curran, Jane 36

Pt. II Faust in Context

3 'Why all this noise?': Reading Sound In Faust I & II Alan Corkhill Corkhill, Alan 55

4 Technology as Timelessness: Building and Language in Faust Claudia Brodsky Brodsky, Claudia 70

5 Faust and Satan: Conflicting Concepts of the Devil in Faust I Ehrhard Bahr Bahr, Ehrhard 88

Pt. III Faust: Romantic Intertexts

6 'Much In The Mode Of Goethe's Mephistopheles': Faust And Byron Fred Parker Parker, Fred 107

7 'An orphic tale': Goethe's Faust translated by Coleridge Frederick Burwick Burwick, Frederick 124

Pt. IV Asia

8 The Reception of Faust In Asia Adrian Hsia Hsia, Adrian 149

9 Goethe's Faust In India: The Kathakali Adaptation David G. John John, David G. 161

10 Faust's Spectacular Travels Through China: Recent Faust Productions and their History Antje Budde Budde, Antje 177

Pt. V The Americas, Europe, Africa and Britain

11 Faust and the Magus Tradition In Robertson Davies' The Rebel Angels Richard Ilgner Ilgner, Richard 205

12 They Sold Their Soul for Rock'n'Roll: Faustian Rock Musicals Paul M. Malone Malone, Paul M. 216

13 The Faustian Disguise of Edoardo Sanguinetti and Luca Lombardi Gabriela Becheri Becheri, Gabriela 231

14 Contemporary African and Brazilian Adaptations of Goethe's Faust in Post-Colonial Context Katharina Keim Keim, Katharina 244

15 Reality Just Arrived - Mark Ravenhill's Faust is Dead Bree Hadley Hadley, Bree 259

Index 277