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Ashmole 782
A manuscript in Oxford’s Bodelian Library, this text is the driving object of the novel; the pursuit of it by the principal characters motivates the actions depicted in the text. Its uncovering in a previous novel marks the scholarly nature of the characters involved, and its occult nature helps fix the supernatural aspects of the novel.
Doctor Faustus
A play written by Marlowe, this work concerns the corruption of a knowledge-seeker through the exercise of occult knowledge. It is an English adaptation of German stories, and it speaks to the peril of increasing knowledge—somewhat ironically, given the playwright’s predilections in both real life and in the context of the novel.
Elizabeth I of England
The last Tudor monarch and one of the defining figures of English history, this figure is a stand-in for her time. Her presence in the novel helps to fix it...
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