Goethe and Marlowe retold the story of, for 10 points, what legendary German scholar who sold his soul to the devil?
One character based on this figure writes the oratorio Apocalypsis cum figuris, while another version of this character attempts to learn the dark arts from Valdes and Cornelius and summons Helen of Troy. Besides Adrian Leverkuhn from a novel by(*) Thomas Mann, one version of this character is interrupted from poisoning himself and accepts Mephistopheles' offer of a moment of transcendence in exchange for eternal servitude. Goethe and Marlowe retold the story of, for 10 points, what legendary German scholar who sold his soul to the devil?
One character based on this figure writes the oratorio Apocalypsis cum figuris, while another version of this character attempts to learn the dark arts from Valdes and Cornelius and summons Helen of Troy.
{Faust} [accept “Adrian {Leverkuhn}” before mentioned]