false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574m/14706.jpg 14706 178 Goethe&#8217;s masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, <b>Faust</b><i> </i>has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Here indeed is a monumental Faust, an audacious man boldly wagering with the devil, Mephistopheles, that no magic, sensuality, experience, or knowledge can lead him to a moment he would wish to last forever. Here, in <b>Faust</b><i>, </i>Part I, the tremendous versatility of Goethe&#8217;s genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe&#8217;s characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches&#8217; Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen&#8217;s tragic fate.<br><br>This authoritative edition, which offers Peter Salm&#8217;s wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us <b>Faust</b> in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe&#8217;s words. 16721 book 1808 Faust total:4232|5:1405|4:1496|3:1012|2:266|1:53| 4232 16630 6437 249 5 5 false false Fri Oct 12 11:14:21 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 14:09:37 -0700 2007
Ironically, Faus...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 27 05:49:12 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 05:51:10 -0800 2008
Tag! Ja, es wird Tag! der letzte Tag dringt herein;
Mein Hochzeittag sollt es sein!
Sag niemand, dass du schon bei Gretchen warst.
Weh meinem Kranze!
Es ist eben geschehen!
Wir werdren uns wiedersehn;
Aber nicht beim Tan...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 21 14:21:13 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 14:24:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Aug 27 08:51:53 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 15:29:06 -0700 2009 Faust is the classic tale of man's introspection in his pursuit of life, where great wisdom brings greater bruden. Finished in 1832, this 'closet drama' has a gothic style with all advantages of Elizabethan inspiration from the likes of Shakespeare and every scientific, religious, ph...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 09 05:40:56 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 05:41:29 -0800 2009 That what you once did without thinking,
As easy as if it were eating or drinking,
Must be done in order: one! two! three!
But truly, this though factory of ours
Is like some weaver's masterpiece:
One treadle stirs a thousand th...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Dec 04 03:49:32 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 03:55:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 27 12:40:26 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 09:23:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 12:56:40 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 10:47:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sun Sep 02 11:57:06 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 11:57:06 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Fri Aug 29 09:16:07 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 09:21:50 -0700 2008 3 1 false false Thu Jan 08 13:16:15 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 13:51:46 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 13:16:15 -0800 2009 3 0 false true Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 15:27:57 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 00:12:48 -0700 2009 Tragic Gretchen, Tragic Faust
Why “The Gretchen Tragedy” isn’t…and how Geothe’s Faust fails as a Faustian.
We are told that tragedy and tragic are not interchangeable words. Indeed, the New Oxford American Dictionary—after first listing the patent definition of “an event caus...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jun 19 22:15:57 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 22:24:59 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Thu Jul 09 16:44:51 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 17:10:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Sep 26 10:51:51 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 10:57:07 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Nov 19 17:02:33 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 17:07:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 17:14:24 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 22 16:53:50 -0700 2009
I didn't have much background prior to starting, other than the vague ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 29 14:10:41 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 14:14:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Wed May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1974 Thu Feb 12 12:10:54 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 05 21:37:09 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Aug 27 15:04:37 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 23 15:30:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=14706