Chapter Introduction: An Epic Connection -- part Part I: Perspectives on Goethe's Faust -- chapter 1 'Eine Tragödie'? Goethe's Faust in Theory -- chapter 2 Faust I in Romantic-period Britain -- part PART II: BYRON, SHELLEY, AND FAUST -- chapter 3 Infernal Irony: Faust, Cain, and…
The first part of Goethe's dramatic poem 'Faust' (1808), one of the great works of German literature, grabbed the attention of Byron and Percy Shelley in the 1810s, engaging them in a shared fascination that was to exert an important influence over their writings. In this compar…
The first part of Goethe's dramatic poem Faust (1808), one of the great works of German literature, grabbed the attention of Byron and Percy Shelley in the 1810s, engaging them in a shared fascination that was to exert an important influence over their writings. In this comparat…
