Doctor Faustus: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)

This Norton Critical Edition includes: - Newly edited texts of the 1604 (A-Text) and the 1616 (B-Text) versions of the play. - Editorial matter by David Scott Kastan and Matthew Hunter. - Sources and background materials related to Christopher Marlowe, the composition and publication of Doctor Faustus, early performance of the play, the Faust legend, and Renaissance magic, including a new selection from James I and IV's Of Daemonologie. - Eighteen critical essays: five classic assessments and--new to the Second Edition--thirteen recent interpretations. - A chronology and an updated selected bibliography.