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Faust I & II

von Goethe, Johann WolfgangWellbery, David E.(Introduction by)Atkins, Stuart(Edited and translated by)
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One of the great classics of European literature, Faust is Goethe's most complex and profound work.

To tell the dramatic and tragic story of one man's pact with the Devil in exchange for knowledge and power, Goethe drew from an immense variety of cultural and historical material, and a wealth of poetic and theatrical traditions.

What results is a tour de force illustrating Goethe's own moral and artistic development, and a symbolic, cautionary tale of Western humanity striving restlessly and ruthlessly for progress.

Capturing the sense, poetic variety, and tonal range of the German original in present-day English, Stuart Atkins's translation presents the formal and rhythmic dexterity of Faust in all its richness and beauty, without recourse to archaisms or interpretive elaborations.

Featuring a new introduction by David Wellbery, this Princeton Classics edition of Faust is the definitive English version of a timeless masterpiece.

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Princeton University Press
0691162298 / 9780691162294
Paperback / softback
832.6
06/04/2014
United States
English
360 pages
22 cm
Translated from the German.