ISBN: 9781492953005

Based on the fable of the man who traded his soul for superhuman powers and knowledge, it became the life's work of Germany's greatest poet, Goethe. Beginning with an intriguing wager bet… More...

Based on the fable of the man who traded his soul for superhuman powers and knowledge, it became the life's work of Germany's greatest poet, Goethe. Beginning with an intriguing wager between God and Satan, it charts the life of a deeply flawed individual, his struggle against the nihilism of his diabolical companion Mephistopheles. Part One presents Faust's pact with the Devil and the harrowing tragedy of his love affair with the young Gretchen. Part Two shows Faust's experience in the world of public affairs, including his encounter with Helen of Troy, the emblem of classical beauty and culture. The whole is a symbolic and panoramic commentary on the human condition and on modern European history and civilisation. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Religion,Inspiration>Christian Fiction>Christian Fiction, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781492953005

Faust is a successful academic and scientist dissatisfied with his life, so he makes a pact with the Devil. In exchange for his soul, he desires unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures.… More...

Faust is a successful academic and scientist dissatisfied with his life, so he makes a pact with the Devil. In exchange for his soul, he desires unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. (A classic German tale, translated into English.) Faust is a play and an epic. Goethe classifies the first and second parts as tragedies, although the ending is happy. Most of Faust is written in verse, although some passages are in prose. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a German writer of four novels; epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; and memoirs. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Religion,Inspiration>Christian Fiction>Christian Fiction, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781492953005

Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend. He is a scholar who is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, so he makes a pact with the Devil, exchanging his soul for un… More...

Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend. He is a scholar who is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, so he makes a pact with the Devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. The Faust legend has been the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical works that have reinterpreted it through the ages. Faust and the adjective Faustian imply a situation in which an ambitious person surrenders moral integrity in order to achieve power and success for a delimited term Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Religion,Inspiration>Christian Fiction>Christian Fiction, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781492953005

Goethe's most complex and profound work, Faust was the effort of the great poet's entire lifetime. Written over 60 years, it can be read as a document of Goethe's moral and artistic devel… More...

Goethe's most complex and profound work, Faust was the effort of the great poet's entire lifetime. Written over 60 years, it can be read as a document of Goethe's moral and artistic development. Faust is made available to the English reader in a completely new translation that communicates both its poetic variety and its many levels of tone. The language is present-day English, and Goethe's formal and rhythmic variety is reproduced in all its richness. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Religion,Inspiration>Christian Fiction>Christian Fiction, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781492953005

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play in two parts. Although rarely staged in its entirety, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German-language stages. Faust… More...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play in two parts. Although rarely staged in its entirety, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German-language stages. Faust is Goethe's magnum opus and considered by many to be the greatest work of German literature. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Religion,Inspiration>Christian Fiction>Christian Fiction, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<