False or missing hypotheses concerning the Shakespeare authorship controversy
resulted in fatal fallacies of Marlowes Faust Versions A and B !
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| Excerpt (emblem) of the second report of Dr.Faustus 1594 |
2 reports of Dr. Faustus: one prior (1592) and one after (1594) Marlowes death
Quarto-1 of Marlowe's Play Dr.Faustus (1604)
The play „The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus“, commonly referred to „Doctor Faustus“ [based on a German source] is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, that was first performed around 1592, a year before Marlowe's official death 1593. - It was printed for the first time only 10 years later [Quarto-1 1604 A-text s.Faksimile] . Read also next Blog!
Surprisingly 2 english prose works
1. 1592: "The Historie of the damnable life, and deserved death of Doktor John Faustus", by P.F.gent -
2. 1594: "The second Report of Doktor John Faustus,
containing his appearances and the deedes of Wagner"
by a frend of the same gentleman.: elaborating the Story
of the magican (s. Title-Faksimiles)
of an anonymous author provides the backgrounds of Doktor Faustus.
At first there can be no doubt that both Prosa works on Dr,Faustus were written by the same author, Christopher Marlowe, the author of the Faustus play "The tragicall Historie..." of the same year, 1592. - There is no room here to discuss in detail the many Arguments. But notice that in the preface of the „Second work 1594“ the anonymous author clearly admits that even most of the text 1592 “certainely is most credible and out of all question" the text contained many free inventions of the author: “…..but I have talked with the man that first wrote them [the words], having them from Wagners very friend, wherin he saith many things are corrupted, some added de novo, some canceld and taken away, & many were augmented.“
Reading the text of "the first report"(1592) undoubtedly the figure of Dr.Faustus is a metaphor for the exceptional nature of the author himself [Marlowe/alias Shakespeare] .
Surprisingly 2 english prose works
1. 1592: "The Historie of the damnable life, and deserved death of Doktor John Faustus", by P.F.gent -
2. 1594: "The second Report of Doktor John Faustus,
containing his appearances and the deedes of Wagner"
by a frend of the same gentleman.: elaborating the Story
of the magican (s. Title-Faksimiles)
of an anonymous author provides the backgrounds of Doktor Faustus.
At first there can be no doubt that both Prosa works on Dr,Faustus were written by the same author, Christopher Marlowe, the author of the Faustus play "The tragicall Historie..." of the same year, 1592. - There is no room here to discuss in detail the many Arguments. But notice that in the preface of the „Second work 1594“ the anonymous author clearly admits that even most of the text 1592 “certainely is most credible and out of all question" the text contained many free inventions of the author: “…..but I have talked with the man that first wrote them [the words], having them from Wagners very friend, wherin he saith many things are corrupted, some added de novo, some canceld and taken away, & many were augmented.“
Reading the text of "the first report"(1592) undoubtedly the figure of Dr.Faustus is a metaphor for the exceptional nature of the author himself [Marlowe/alias Shakespeare] .
