• ISBN13: 9788126930340
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: N/A
• Publication Date: May 20, 2019
• Pages: 134
• Original Price: INR 495.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 310 grams

Dr. Faustus is not only the masterpiece of Marlowe, it is one of the most influential of Elizabethan plays. In it, Marlowe has taken one of the best-known mediaeval legends and given his own interpretation of it, as Goethe was to give his own in Faust nearly 200 years later. Not only in the subject-matter, but in the manner of presentation also Dr. Faustus is almost perfect a tragedy in the Aristotelian sense. It is not fully perfect because of the comic scene in it, which goes against classical theories. This book has been written with the needs of students in mind but as will be clear to the reader, it will help other serious readers too.

Ratri Ray, B.A. (three Gold Medals), M.A. (two Gold Medals), D.Litt. (on a comparative study of Francis Thompson and Nishikanto), is a retired University Professor and Head of the Department of English, Patna University. She has to her credit many published books in Bengali on Sri Aurobindo’s poetry and drama, both been serialized in the cultural monthly Shrimantu, published from Kolkata. Her studies of Shakespearean plays had been serialized in the 80’s in Mother India, published from Pondicherry. Her English books published by Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd. include The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear, As You Like It, Othello, and Macbeth.