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Title: The Feminization of Dr. Faustus: Female Identity Quests from Stendahl to Morgner
Description: University Park, Pennsylvania State Univ. (1993). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, ix,148 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Introduction: Faustian Desire Feminized: The Need for Social Regeneration & the Crisis of Artistic Production; The Education of a Faustian Heroine: Stendhal's 'Lamiel'; The Failed Education of a Faustian Hero: Keller's 'Grüne Heinrich'; Faustian Desire & the Play of Difference: Gautier's 'Mademoiselle de Maupin'; The Faustian Quest Internalized: James's 'Portrait of a Lady'; Salvaging Faust for Socialism: Morgner's ' Trobadora Beatriz' and 'Amanda'; Conclusion.

Keywords: Comparative Literature, Feminist Psychology, Critical Theory, Literary Criticism, Women Identity, Stendhal, Faust Legend, Theophile Gautier, Gottfried Keller

Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
- Book number: BOOKS005661I