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Christopher Marlowe's play about a man who sells his soul to the devil is not only one of the first of many works to explore this theme but also one of the most startling. Eschewing the usual division of the drama into acts, it presents the story of Faustus' fall in a series of apparently disconnected scenes. However, the integrity of the drama is maintained by the remorseless unraveling of Faustus' fortunes as he approaches his inevitable damnation.

One of the great works of medieval Europe, Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy translates the thought of the Middle Ages into a thrilling narrative. Seven centuries later it remains the most successful merger of theology and philosophy in epic poetry. In in this audio course, you'll gain a philosophical and literary understanding of Dante's masterpiece.

Imja izvestnogo serbskogo pisatelja i dramaturga Bronislava Nushicha - jeto garantija original'nosti sjuzheta, neozhidannosti intrigi, glubiny izobrazhenija chelovecheskih harakterov. Ego p'esa "Doktor filosofii", ch'ja sostojatel'nost' proverena vremenem, polna ozornogo i mjagkogo jumora. Glavny geroj Zhivota Cvijovich, nedavno razbogatevshij kommersant. On ubezhden, chto v mire, a uzh tem bolee v jugoslavskom korolevstve, vse prodaetsja i pokupaetsja. I on reshaet sdelat' svoego oboltusa-syna Milorada doktorom filosofii.