"The major work of German literature, Johan Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust (1808), was translated into English by One of Britain's most capable mediators of German literature and philosophy, Samuel Taylor Coleridge." "Goethe himself twice referred to Coleridge's translation of his …
Since the publication of Faust, a Tragedy in 1832, critics have lauded Goethe's masterwork with innumerable accolades. C. G. Jung, for example, refers to it as "the grandest work of alchemy." Faust, Part One, however, contains only ten lines dealing with alchemy, while alchemica…
Three operas—and really, the heroines of three operas—take center stage in this dissertation: Charles Gounod’s Faust (1859), Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet (1868), and Jules Massenet’s Werther (1892). I examine the representation of women’s trauma and suffering in each of these works …
Príbeh o Faustovi predstavuje jeden z nejstarších a nejpodstatnejších evropských mýtu, jehož aktuálnost v soucasné dobe každým dnem narustá (což je dobrá zpráva pro mýtus, ale - s prihlédnutím k pointe faustovských príbehu - varovná pro nás). Vladimír Just, který o faustovském m…
A classic of World Literature, Goethe's Faust is a philosophical and poetic drama full of pathos, tragedy, satire, irony, and humor. Martin Greenberg renders not only the text's varied meters and rhymes but also its diverse tones and styles - dramatic and lyrical, reflective and…
A classic of World Literature, Goethe's Faust is a philosophical and poetic drama full of pathos, tragedy, satire, irony, and humor. Martin Greenberg renders not only the text's varied meters and rhymes but also its diverse tones and styles - dramatic and lyrical, reflective and…