Faust
FAUST. In sixteenth-century Europe, Faust was reviled as a godless man who, as a consequence of making a pact with the Devil, met a gruesome yet appropriate fate. By the nineteenth century, he h...
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Faust
The story of Faust has been widely used in literature and popular discussions to reflect on the ethics of science and technology. The Faust myth first appeared in 1587 when it was published by a...
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Faust
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
By common consent, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) is the foremost writer Germany has produced. Constantly experimenting with new styles and subjects, the...
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TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.
Perhaps some apology ought to be given to English
scholars, that is, those who do not know German, (to
those, at least, who do not know what sort of a thing
Faust is in the...
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FAUST
[Illustration]
[Illustration: Preface]
It is twenty years since I first determined to attempt
the translation of Faust, in the original metres.
At that time, although more than a sco...
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The German poet, dramatist, novelist, and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), who embraced many fields of human endeavor, ranks as the greatest of all German poets. Of all modern men of ...
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is widely recognized as the greatest writer of the German tradition. The Romantic period in Germany (the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries) is known as the Age ...
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Biography EssayJohann Wolfgang von Goethe is widely recognized as the greatest writer of the German tradition. The Romantic period in Germany (the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries) is kn...
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe