i’ve been reading marlowe’s doctor faustus, not only the play but it’s origins (The Historie of the Damnable Life, and Deserved Death of Doctor Iohn Faustus). what really interests me are the parts that deal with the imagination of the protagonist. when one can have anything . . .
Marlow comes up with visiting nice places, meeting a few historical characters, smiting a few people, some cash, and shagging Helen of Troy. it just seems so pedestrian. try as i might i can’t think of a decent treatment, in any fiction i’ve come across, for this.
update
just after writing this i went to view a talk from philippe starck. it turned out it was on a similar theme.
