Faust: The first part of the tragedy / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; translated with an introduction and notes by David Constantine; with a preface by A. S. Byatt.
By: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
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Contributor(s): Constantine, David [translator] | Byatt, A. S.
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BookPlace of publication: LondonPublisher: Penguin Books LtdDate of publication: 2005Description: lviii, 182 pages: 20 cm.ISBN: 9780140449013.Subject(s): Devil -- Drama | Faust -- approximately 1540 -- Drama | German dramaDDC classification: 832.4 G599 2005 Summary: Goethe's Faust reworks the late medieval myth of Dr. Faust, a brilliant scholar so disillusioned he resolves to make a contract or wager with Mephistopheles. The devil will do all he asks on Earth and seek to grant him a moment in life so glorious that he will wish it to last for ever. But if Faust does bid the moment stay, he falls to Mephisto and must serve him after death. In this first part of Goethe's great work the embittered thinker and Mephistopheles enter into their agreement, and soon Faust is living a life beyond his study and - in rejuvenated form - winning the love of the charming and beautiful Gretchen. But in this compelling tragedy of arrogance, unfulfilled desire and self-delusion, Faust, served by the devil, heads inexorably towards destruction.
This major new translation by David Constantine conveys the innate lyrical liveliness of Goethe's original. The preface, by A. S. Byatt, considers Goethe's lifelong relationship with the myth of Faust and the play's influence on modern literature.
(From the back cover)
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Includes notes.
Goethe's Faust reworks the late medieval myth of Dr. Faust, a brilliant scholar so disillusioned he resolves to make a contract or wager with Mephistopheles. The devil will do all he asks on Earth and seek to grant him a moment in life so glorious that he will wish it to last for ever. But if Faust does bid the moment stay, he falls to Mephisto and must serve him after death. In this first part of Goethe's great work the embittered thinker and Mephistopheles enter into their agreement, and soon Faust is living a life beyond his study and - in rejuvenated form - winning the love of the charming and beautiful Gretchen. But in this compelling tragedy of arrogance, unfulfilled desire and self-delusion, Faust, served by the devil, heads inexorably towards destruction.
This major new translation by David Constantine conveys the innate lyrical liveliness of Goethe's original. The preface, by A. S. Byatt, considers Goethe's lifelong relationship with the myth of Faust and the play's influence on modern literature.
(From the back cover)
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