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Raymond WilsonEMMA Norman PageMANSFIELD PARK Richard Wirdnam  \nROBERT BOLT:A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS Leonard SmithEMILY BRONTE:WUTHERING HEIGHTS Hilda D.Spear  \nGEOFFREY CHAUCER:THE PROLOGUE TO THE CANTERBURYTALES Nigel Thomas and Richard Swan  \nCHARLES DICKENS:GREAT EXPECTATIONS Dennis ButtsHARD TIMES Norman Page  \nGEORGE ELIOT:MIDDLEMARCH Graham HandleySILAS MARNER Graham Handley  \nOLIVER GOLDSMITH:SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER Paul Ranger  \nTHOMAS HARDY:FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD  \nColin Temblett-Wood  \nCHRISTOPHER MARLOWE:DOCTOR FAUSTUS David A.MaleGEORGE ORWELL:ANIMAL FARM Jean ArmstrongWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE:MACBETH David Elloway  \nA MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAMKenneth Pickering  \nROMEO AND JULIET Helen MorrisTHE WINTERS TALE Diana Devlin  \nForthcoming:  \nGEOFFREY CHAUCER:THE MILLERS TALE Michael AlexanderT.S.ELIOT:MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL Paul Lapworth  \nE.M.FORSTER:A PASSAGE TO INDIA Hilda D.SpearWILLIAM GOLDING:THE SPIRE Rosemary Sumner  \nTHOMAS HARDY:TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES James GibsonHARPER LEE:TO KILLA MOCKINGBIRD Jean ArmstrongTHE METAPHYSICAL POETS Joan van Emden  \nARTHUR MILLER:THE CRUCIBLE Leonard SmithGEORGE BERNARD SHAW ST JOAN Leonee OrmondWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE:HAMLET Jean Brooks  \nHENRY IV PART ONE Helen MorrisJULIUS CAESAR David EllowayKING LEAR Francis CaseyOTHELLO Christopher BeddowesTWELFTH NIGHT Edward Leeson  \nRICHARD SHERIDAN:THE RIVALS Jeremy RoweTHE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL Paul Ranger  \nJOHN WEBSTER:THE DUCHESS OF MALFI/THE WHITE DEVILDavid A.Male  \nAlso published by Macmillan  \nMACMILLAN MASTER SERIES  \nMastering English Literature R.GillMastering English Language S.H.BurtonMastering English Grammar S.H.Burton  \n# DOCTOR FAUSTUS\n\nBY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE  \nDAVID A.MALE  \nMACMILLAN  \nDavid A.Male 1985  \nAll rights reserved.No reproduction,copy or transmissionof this publication may be made without written permission.  \nNo paragraph of this publication may be reproduced,copiedor transmitted save with written permission or in accordancewith the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956(as amended).  \nAny person who does any unauthorised act in relation tothis publication may be liable to criminal prosecution andcivil claims for damages.  \nFirst edition 1985  \nPublished by  \nMACMILLAN EDUCATION LTD  \nHoundmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire RG212XSand London  \nCompanies and representativesthroughout the world  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication DataMale,David  \nDoctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe.一  \n(Macmillan master guides)  \n1.Marlowe,Christopher,1564-1593.DoctorFaustus  \nI.Title II.Marlowe,Christopher,1564-1593.Doctor Faustus822'.3PR2664  \nISBN 978-1-349-07608-6(eBook)  \nISBN 978-0-333-37939-4  \nDOI10.1007/978-1-349-07608-6  \nGeneral editor's preface  \nAcknowledgementGeneral introduction  \n1 Christopher Marlowe:lifand background  \n2 Summaries and criticalcommentary  \n3 Themes and issues  \n4 Technical features  \n5 Specimen passage andcommentary  \n6 Critical reception  \nFurther 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