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International Faust Studies: Adaptation, Reception, Translation

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title International Faust Studies: Adaptation, Reception, Translation
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Dr Lorna Fitzsimmons
SeriesContinuum Reception Studies
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:310
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreDrama
Literary studies - general
Literary studies - from c 1900 -
ISBN/Barcode 9781441155061
ClassificationsDewey:808.829351
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Edition NIPPOD

Publishing Details

Publisher Continuum Publishing Corporation
Imprint Continuum Publishing Corporation
Publication Date 29 December 2011
Publication Country United States

Description

This major interdisciplinary collection captures the vitality and increasingly global significance of the Faust figure in literature, theatre and music. Bringing together scholars from around the world, International Faust Studies examines questions of adaptation, reception and translation centering on Faust discourse in a diversity of cultural contexts, including the Chinese, Japanese, Indian, African, Brazilian and Canadian, as well as the European, British and American. It broadens the field by including studies of lesser known or neglected Faust discourse, including the translation of Goethe's Faust recently attributed to Coleridge, in addition to the canonical.

Author Biography

Lorna Fitzsimmons is Associate Professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills, Los Angeles, USA.

Reviews

"An outstanding contribution to our understanding of how and why the myth of Faustus has evolved over many centuries and adapted itself to the temper of successive cultures." - Professor Osman Durrani, School of European Culture and Languages, University of Kent at Canterbury -- Professor Osman Durrani, School of European Culture and Languages, University of Kent at Canterbury Reviewed in The Journal of Theatre Research International, Vol 35/2 - 2010 'The collection ... manages to make ... a very strong contribution to a field that has already been very much studied.' In tracing Faust's epic journey in discourses, music and on stage Lorna Fitzsimmons prepared a magnificent volume offering informative, rich and well-researched essays... the essays are meticulously researched and admirably edited. -- The European Legacy, Vol. 15, No. 7