Herr Mikrokosmus: Faust as Astrologer

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dc.contributor.authorLiggett, Catherine, 1984-
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-02T22:06:49Z
dc.date.available2010-09-02T22:06:49Z
dc.date.issued2010-06
dc.descriptionx, 74 p. : ill. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.en_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough the earliest depictions of Faustus portray him as an astrologer, very few publications to date have touched on the role of astrology in the life of this infamous character. Parallel to the decline in astrological sciences beginning in the seventeenth century, post-Scientific Revolution depictions of Faust have deemphasized astrology as a primary pursuit of the figure. I examine the status of astrology in four versions of the Faust(us) myth: The anonymous Historia von D. Johann Fausten and its English translation/adaptation as The English Faust Book, Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, and Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus. I argue that the decline in the status of astrology corresponds to historically weakening belief in the analogy of microcosm and macrocosm as epistemologically relevant and analyze the implication of the Faust figure in genuinely modem quandaries of skepticism and aesthetic representation.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCommittee in Charge: Martin Klebes, Chair; Dorothee Ostmeier; Ken Calhoonen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/10677
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUniversity of Oregon theses, Dept. of German and Scandinavian, M.A., 2010;
dc.subjectFaust, d. ca. 1540 -- In literatureen_US
dc.titleHerr Mikrokosmus: Faust as Astrologeren_US
dc.title.alternativeFaust as Astrologeren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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