Contents
Preface: The Man and the Myth Introduction: The Old Faust-Legend - H. B. Cotterill PART ONE: FAUST BEFORE THE FAUST-BOOK Pre-Faust Stories and Legends 1. Simon Magus A. The Life of Simon Magus - Justin Martyr B. Simon Magus and Faustinianus - Jacobus de Voraigne 2. Faustus the Manichaean - St. Augustine of Hippo 3. Cyprian and Justina - Jacobus de Voragine 4. Theophilus and the Devil - Vincent of Beauvais 5. The Devil’s School A. The Black School - Jón Árnason B. The Black Airt - Walter Gregor C. The Scholomance i. On the Scholomance - Emily Gerard ii. On the Solomanrs - R. C. Maclagan The Earliest Faust Stories 1. On Georgius Sabellicus, the Younger Faustus - Johannes Trithemius 2. On Faustus - Konrad Mutian 3. On Faustus’ Astrological Skills - Archive of the Bishopric of Bamberg 4. On the Arrogance of Faustus - Kilian Lieb 5. On Expulsion of Faustus from Ingolstadt - Upper Bavarian Judicial Archive 6. Faustus Denied Safe Conduct - City Council of Nuremberg 7. On Faust’s Knowledge - Joachim Camerarius 8. On Faust’s Prediction - The Waldeck Chronicle 9. On Faust’s Fraud - Philip Begardi 10. On the Power of Faust - Antonius Laterbach 11. The Death of Faust - John Gast 12. On Faust’s Fame - Conrad Gessner 13. The Deeds of Johannes Faust - Johannes Mennel 14. The Life of Johannes Faust - Johannes Wier 15. On Faust’s Classical Studies - Zacharias Vogel 16. The Life and Death of Faust - Augustine Lercheimer von Steinfelden PART TWO: THE ENGLISH FAUST-BOOK Note on the text The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus |