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1027661
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b782031
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Mitchell, Michael.
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| Title & Author
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Hidden mutualities : : Faustian themes from gnostic origins to the postcolonial /\ Michael Mitchell.
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam ;New York, NY :: Rodopi,, 2006.
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Cross/cultures ;; 87
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1 online resource (xxii, 330 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1429480742
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: 9401203644
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: 9781429480741
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: 9789401203647
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9042021101
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9789042021105
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-330).
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| Contents
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Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Introduction; PART I: POTENT ARTS; 1. The Gnostic/Hermetic Tradition: Simon Magus to Faust; 2. Standing and Falling: Marlowe's Doctor Faustus; 3. Ariel Magic: Shakespeare's The Tempest; PART II: OVERGROWN PATHS; 4. Renaissance and Enlightenment: Kepler and Fludd; 5. Rationality and Romanticism: Newton and Blake; 6. Rediscoveries: Kipling, Yeats, Crowley, Pauli and Jung; PART III: RE-VISIONING MUTUALITIES; 7. The Fictional Fulcrum: Athol Fugard's Dimetos; 8. The Crystal Cliff: David Dabydeen's Disappearance; 9. The Magic Wound: Derek Walcott's Omeros.
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Hidden mutualities link the work of major postcolonial writers with Christopher Marlowe's drama of the Faustian pact - the manipulation of the material world in exchange for the soul - written as the 'scientific' world-view was emerging which accompanied the imperial expansion of Europe and has determined the economic and social structures of the colonial and postcolonial world. This fascinating study brings together researches in widely different fields to show how Doctor Faustus reflects a Gnostic / Hermetic tradition marginalized within the dominant European power structures. Rediscovered i.
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Marlowe, Christopher,1564-1593., Doctor Faustus.
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Faust, Johannes-- Motiv (Literatur)-- Englisch-- Geschichte-- 1600-1992.
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Marlowe, Christopher,1564-1593., Doctor Faustus.
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Gnosticism.
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Hermetism.
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Postcolonialism.
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DRAMA-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Faust in literature.
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Faustgestalt-- Motiv-- Literatur.
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Gnosticism.
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Hermetism.
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Literatur-- Englisch-- Motiv (Literatur)-- Faust, Johannes-- Geschichte-- 1600-1992.
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Literatur-- Motiv-- Faustgestalt.
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Magus in literature.
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Postcolonialism.
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Faustmotief.
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Gnosticisme.
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Hermetisme.
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Doctor Faustus (Marlowe, Christopher)
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| Dewey Classification
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822/.3
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PR2664.M37 2006eb
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17.93bcl
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