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The scholar Faustus turns from conventional learning to necromancy and makes a pact with Lucifer through Mephistopheles, trading his soul for twenty-four years of power. He uses magic for spectacle and mischief, repeatedly considers repentance, but fails to turn back before the devils claim him at the end of the term.
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CambridgeCompanion toChristopherMarlowe scholarlyintroductoryexcerpt: Discusses early 1588–89 versus late 1592–93 dating; most scholars consider the earlier dating.
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