Faust

:This article is about the protagonist of several fictional works. For other uses see Faust (band) and Faust (Guilty Gear).

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Faust or Faustus is the protagonist of a popular German tale that has been used as the basis for many different fictional works. The story concerns the fate of a learned gentleman named Faust, who in his quest for forbidden or advanced knowledge of material things, summons the Devil (represented by Mephistopheles), who offers to serve him for a period of time, at the cost of his soul.

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An anonymous German author wrote the prose volume (chapbook) Historia von D. Iohan Fausten in 1587, which was translated into English by "P. F., Gent" in 1592 as The Historie of the damnable life, and deserved death of Doctor Iohn Faustus. This work was the basis for Christopher Marlowe's play, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (published c. 1600) which, along with Jacob Bidermann's Cenodoxus (published c. 1602), served to inspire the later FaustTo book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which may be considered the more definitive classical work.

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Faust (band): Faust is a German band composed of Uwe Nettelbeck, Hans Joachim Irmler, Zappi Diermaier, Arnulf Meifert, Jean Herve Peron, Gunther Wustoff and Rudolf Sosna. The group formed in W?mme in 1971 (see 1971 in music) and soon began recording their debut, Faust, which sold poorly but established a devoted...

Faust (Guilty Gear): Faust is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in the first game, Guilty Gear: The Missing Link, as Dr. Baldhead, and then as Faust from Guilty Gear X and afterwards. Although it has never been explicitly stated that the two are the same person, it has been...

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Faust related Images and Photos (experimental)

Faust	Faust 1926	Olympia Faust	Faust Up to Date
Faust's Vision 1878	Faust at His Studies Muses on the Power of Magic	Faust Making His Contract with Mephistophiles	Recalling the Faust Fantasy 1866
Mephistopheles Magically Summoned by the Scholar Faust Proposes a Deal	Front Cover for the Score of "The Damnation of Faust" by Hector Berlioz	Charles Gounod French Musician and Composer Depicted Composing His Opera Faust