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Faust - A Tragedy : Interpretive Notes, Contexts, Modern Criticism

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Cyrus Hamlin, Walter W. Arndt

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Faust - A Tragedy : Interpretive Notes, Contexts, Modern Criticism

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Cyrus Hamlin, Walter W. Arndt
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Classic German tale of temptation and redemption.

"Faust offers a profound exploration of human desires and the consequences of unchecked ambition. Goethe's complex characters and poetic language may require patience, but the insight they offer into the human psyche is well worth the effort."

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Faust - A Tragedy : Interpretive Notes, Contexts, Modern Criticism

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Cyrus Hamlin, Walter W. Arndt
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ISBN: 9780393972825
Authors: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Cyrus Hamlin, Walter W. Arndt
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Date of Publication: 2019-12-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Poetry, Drama, Fantasy
Related Topics: Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.9
(rated by 47206 readers)

Description

This edition presents Parts I and II complete. Cyrus Hamlin provides essential supporting material for this difficult text, and his Interpretive Notes have been expanded and reset in larger, easy-to-read type. "Comments by Contemporaries" includes short pieces by Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Carlyle, and Wilhelm von Humboldt. "Modern Criticism"--comprised of ten essays newly added to the Second Edition--presents the perspectives of Stuart Atkins, Jaroslav Pelikan, Benjamin Bennett, Franco Moretti, Friedrich A. Kittler, Neil M. Flax, Marc Shell, Jane Brown, Hans Rudolf Vaget, and Marshall Berman. A Selected Bibliography is included.
 

Classic German tale of temptation and redemption.

"Faust offers a profound exploration of human desires and the consequences of unchecked ambition. Goethe's complex characters and poetic language may require patience, but the insight they offer into the human psyche is well worth the effort."

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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