The Faust Myth: Religion and the Rise of Representation by David Hawkes

The Faust Myth: Religion and the Rise of Representation

David Hawkes

256 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction informative medium-paced
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This book argues that the world has sold its soul to Satan. To make this case, Hawkes undertakes a careful, precise analysis of what the terms 'soul' and 'Satan' have meant historically. Focusing on the story of Dr. Faustus, which he argues is the...

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