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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
- There are a total of 20 general entries.
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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
Faust
German. It is said that there was actually a German necromancer named Faust who was in league with the devil.
Faustbuch. The Faustbuch was written anonymously in 1587.
Perhaps the most famous version of Faust was written by a German poet and dramatist in the early 19th century. Who was this man? | Questions on the Faust Legend
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Goethe . In Goethe's work, as in Marlowe's, Faust flirts with the devil, in the guise of Mephistopheles.
Mann. Mann used the Faust legend to describe the nihilistic tendencies in German culture during the early 20th century.
Hephaestus. Mae-phestus is the German derivation of He-phaestus.
Dr. Faustus was the Necromancer that made a pact with the Devil. What was Faust's First and Middle name? | Dr. Faust's Legend
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Johann. If he lived, his dates are approximately 1480-1540. He was both a magician and an astrologer.
Faust first appears in print in the "Faustbuch," more formally known as "The History of the Damnable Life, and Deserved Death of Doctor Faustus" (1992). Who was it printed by? | So YouThink You Know Faust?
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Johann Spies. In this work, the demon tempter Mephistopheles appears for the first, but not the last, time.
Gounod. The libretto was by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre, and is based on Goethe's "Faust" Part I.
The aforementioned 1859 "Faust" opera earned the wrath of Wagner, who called the work, "music for ___________" ? | So YouThink You Know Faust?
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Sluts. Another critic suggested that because it was so much more popular than the composer's other work, he probably didn't write it. However, after being challenged to a duel, the critic retracted his claim. Coward.
Stephen Vincnet Benet's short story, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" features a Faust figure. What was the name of the film made from the tale? | So YouThink You Know Faust?
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All That Money Can Buy. In the story, the Faust figure is an impoverished farmer who is saved from the Devil by Daniel Webster himself.
The Damnation of Faust. The dramatic cantata incorporated the composer's earlier "Huit Scenes de Faust" (1828).
Belt. Hanke wrote the work, based on the older Faustian legend, not the one Goethe concocted.
Journey to hell. The 1951 opera was composed by Engelmann.
Heinrich Heine. This mock-epic was written in 1851.
Emil Jannings. The silent film was directed by F.W. Murnau.
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