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Reviews and Critical Reception ~ Volume I 

 

 

            Faust: My Soul be Damned for the World, Volume I has been reviewed by general-interest publications, specialist societies, and academic journals. Responses have ranged from five-star recommendations to scholarly debate over its biographical method and interpretive conclusions. The following selected excerpts reflect that range.

 

 

 

 

 

 Featured Praise

 

The Midwest Book Review  ~ Five Stars

                “A seminal body of meticulous scholarship, research, and original commentary…a critically significant and strongly recommended addition to personal and academic library Literary Studies reference collections.” ~ Michael Dunford.

 

Feathered Quill Reviews ~ Five Stars

 

        “The meticulous historical research requires close attention. The reader will however, gain a deeper understanding not only of the character of Faust himself, but also an appreciation of the process whereby historical fact becomes myth. ...  For those interested in a deeper understanding of Faust, 

Bucchianeri’s Faust is a must read.” ~ Michael Feld 

Specialist and academic reception

"Folklore"  (Journal of the Folklore Society UK)

     Nicholas Holland described the book as a useful single point of reference for early Faustian sources, while questioning its biographical emphasis and some of its conclusions concerning Marlowe’s texts.

 

 

 The Marlowe Society, Newsletter # 32 (Spring 2009)

“A study, learned, readable, interesting, and detailed.”

“Always readable, and always interesting—a good sourcebook for anyone who wants to know all that can be said about any particular passage in Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus.” 

                        ~  Roger Hards. 

 

 

A Note on Scholarly Disagreement

        Faust: My Soul be Damned for the World advances several original and necessarily debatable arguments concerning the historical Faustus, the development of the legend, Marlowe’s A and B texts, and the relationship between biography and literary creation.

        Some reviewers praised the breadth and detail of this approach; others questioned its biographical emphasis or challenged particular interpretations. Rather than answer individual objections here, I invite interested readers to examine the evidence, sources, and complete arguments presented in the volumes themselves.

              ~ E.A. Bucchianeri 

 

 

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