<![CDATA[Goethe's Faust]]>

false 406373 <![CDATA[Goethe's Faust]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174489226m/406373.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174489226s/406373.jpg Faust that I have read. Printed on the right page, parallel with the German text on the left, it passes a simple test. One can turn from the German to the English without too much of a jolt. I could even, over stretches, read passages of the translation that I know very well in the original without discovering anything that seemed lacking in the German.
"Why is Walter Kaufmann so successful? First, his version has a rhythmic drive which is very close to Goethe's; second, he transmits a very important quality about the language of Faust: that it is packed with material of every kind—information, ideas, wit. These are all communicated with immense energy and a warmth of imagination, which...never succumbs to pedantry or showing off..." --Stephen Spender, New York Times Book Review

"There is little question that this is the translation of Goethe's Faust, both in poetic beauty and in comprehension of the original." --Virginia Quarterly Review

Includes Part One (first published in 1808) and selections from Part Two ("Faust. The Second Part of the Tragedy, in Five Acts. (Completed in the summer of 1831.)" published posthumously as volume 41 of Goethe's Werke in 1833) with a "synopsis of omitted portions" in Kaufmann's detailed 56 page introduction.]]> 4962020 179 16721 book 1808 Faust total:4586|5:1508|4:1583|3:1085|2:284|1:62| 4586 18022 7045 262 285217 3.80 9444 635 14824 4.07 6712 466 7628823 537565 14706 0553213482 9780553213485 135 <![CDATA[Faust]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574m/14706.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574s/14706.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14706.Faust 3.88 3028 Faust 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 Faust, Part I, the tremendous versatility of Goethe’s genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe’s characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches’ Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen’s tragic fate.

This authoritative edition, which offers Peter Salm’s wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us Faust in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe’s words.]]> 1808 5 5 false Fri Oct 12 11:14:21 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 14:09:37 -0700 2007
Ironically, Faus...more...]]> 38748437 1196990 1095059 3150000017 9783150000014 4 <![CDATA[Faust. Der Tragödie erster Teil]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180929578m/1095059.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180929578s/1095059.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1095059.Faust_Der_Trag_die_erster_Teil 3.92 124 Faust 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 Faust, Part I, the tremendous versatility of Goethe’s genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe’s characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches’ Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen’s tragic fate.

This authoritative edition, which offers Peter Salm’s wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us Faust in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe’s words.]]> 1808 5 0 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...]]> 38335544 1739527 14706 0553213482 9780553213485 135 <![CDATA[Faust]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574m/14706.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574s/14706.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14706.Faust 3.93 4586 Faust 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 Faust, Part I, the tremendous versatility of Goethe’s genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe’s characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches’ Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen’s tragic fate.

This authoritative edition, which offers Peter Salm’s wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us Faust in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe’s words.]]> 1808 5 0 false Fri Nov 21 14:21:13 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 14:24:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 80880250 3031302 14703 069103656X 9780691036564 3 <![CDATA[Faust I & II (Goethe : The Collected Works, Vol 2)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649572m/14703.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649572s/14703.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14703.Faust_I_II 4.04 112 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.

]]> 1808 3 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 13 14:04:12 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 13 14:05:31 -0800 2009 Goethe's most complex and profound work, Faust was the effort of the great poet's entire lifetime. Written over a period of sixty years, it can be read as a document of Goethe's moral and artistic development. As a drama drawn from an immense variety of cultural and historical material, set in a wea...more...]]> 69086743 2674019 14706 0553213482 9780553213485 135 <![CDATA[Faust]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574m/14706.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574s/14706.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14706.Faust 3.93 4586 Faust 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 Faust, Part I, the tremendous versatility of Goethe’s genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe’s characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches’ Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen’s tragic fate.

This authoritative edition, which offers Peter Salm’s wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us Faust in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe’s words.]]> 1808 5 1 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...]]> 45811685 2002725 14705 0192835955 9780192835956 18 <![CDATA[Faust: Part One]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166641470m/14705.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166641470s/14705.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14705.Faust_Part_One 4.04 286 1808 5 0 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...]]> 39268799 153826 5973400 9799548047 2 <![CDATA[Faust]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228391257m/5973400.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228391257s/5973400.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5973400.Faust 3.60 5 Faust, translated by Agam Wispi]]> 1808 3 1 false Thu Dec 04 03:49:32 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 03:55:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 47709719 831864 14705 0192835955 9780192835956 18 <![CDATA[Faust: Part One]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166641470m/14705.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166641470s/14705.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14705.Faust_Part_One 3.93 4586 1808 5 0 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...]]> 75276027 655483 406373 0385031149 9780385031141 36 <![CDATA[Goethe's Faust]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174489226m/406373.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174489226s/406373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/406373.Goethe_s_Faust 3.97 376 Faust that I have read. Printed on the right page, parallel with the German text on the left, it passes a simple test. One can turn from the German to the English without too much of a jolt. I could even, over stretches, read passages of the translation that I know very well in the original without discovering anything that seemed lacking in the German.
"Why is Walter Kaufmann so successful? First, his version has a rhythmic drive which is very close to Goethe's; second, he transmits a very important quality about the language of Faust: that it is packed with material of every kind—information, ideas, wit. These are all communicated with immense energy and a warmth of imagination, which...never succumbs to pedantry or showing off..." --Stephen Spender, New York Times Book Review

"There is little question that this is the translation of Goethe's Faust, both in poetic beauty and in comprehension of the original." --Virginia Quarterly Review

Includes Part One (first published in 1808) and selections from Part Two ("Faust. The Second Part of the Tragedy, in Five Acts. (Completed in the summer of 1831.)" published posthumously as volume 41 of Goethe's Werke in 1833) with a "synopsis of omitted portions" in Kaufmann's detailed 56 page introduction.]]> 1808 4 0 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...]]> 5537074 336421 406373 0385031149 9780385031141 36 <![CDATA[Goethe's Faust]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174489226m/406373.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174489226s/406373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/406373.Goethe_s_Faust 3.93 4586 Faust that I have read. Printed on the right page, parallel with the German text on the left, it passes a simple test. One can turn from the German to the English without too much of a jolt. I could even, over stretches, read passages of the translation that I know very well in the original without discovering anything that seemed lacking in the German.
"Why is Walter Kaufmann so successful? First, his version has a rhythmic drive which is very close to Goethe's; second, he transmits a very important quality about the language of Faust: that it is packed with material of every kind—information, ideas, wit. These are all communicated with immense energy and a warmth of imagination, which...never succumbs to pedantry or showing off..." --Stephen Spender, New York Times Book Review

"There is little question that this is the translation of Goethe's Faust, both in poetic beauty and in comprehension of the original." --Virginia Quarterly Review

Includes Part One (first published in 1808) and selections from Part Two ("Faust. The Second Part of the Tragedy, in Five Acts. (Completed in the summer of 1831.)" published posthumously as volume 41 of Goethe's Werke in 1833) with a "synopsis of omitted portions" in Kaufmann's detailed 56 page introduction.]]> 1808 5 1 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 31522318 211364 14706 0553213482 9780553213485 135 <![CDATA[Faust]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574m/14706.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574s/14706.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14706.Faust 3.93 4586 Faust 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 Faust, Part I, the tremendous versatility of Goethe’s genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe’s characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches’ Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen’s tragic fate.

This authoritative edition, which offers Peter Salm’s wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us Faust in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe’s words.]]> 1808 4 1 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 42000592 46646 6070226 3031400795 1 <![CDATA[Goethe's Faust]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6070226.Goethe_s_Faust 4.25 4 1808 3 1 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 59049273 902991 14706 0553213482 9780553213485 135 <![CDATA[Faust]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574m/14706.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574s/14706.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14706.Faust 3.93 4586 Faust 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 Faust, Part I, the tremendous versatility of Goethe’s genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe’s characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches’ Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen’s tragic fate.

This authoritative edition, which offers Peter Salm’s wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us Faust in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe’s words.]]> 1808 3 0 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...]]> 24957418 79488 14704 0393972828 9780393972825 26 <![CDATA[Faust, A Tragedy: Interpretive Notes, Contexts, Modern Criticism]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166641470m/14704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166641470s/14704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14704.Faust_A_Tragedy_Interpretive_Notes_Contexts_Modern_Criticism 4.16 159 Faust reproduces the sense of the German original and Goethe's enormously varied metrics and rhyme schemes. 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.

About the series: No other series of classic texts achieves the editorial standard of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with contextual and critical materials that bring the work to life for students. Careful editing, first-rate translation, thorough explanatory annotations, chronologies, and selected bibliographies make each text accessible to students while encouraging in-depth study. Each volume in the series is printed on acid-free paper, and every text remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice of excellence for scholarship for students at more than 2,500 colleges and universities worldwide.

]]> 1808 5 1 false Thu Jun 19 22:15:57 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 22:24:59 -0700 2008 62834109 2286209 14706 0553213482 9780553213485 135 <![CDATA[Faust]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574m/14706.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574s/14706.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14706.Faust 3.93 4586 Faust 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 Faust, Part I, the tremendous versatility of Goethe’s genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe’s characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches’ Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen’s tragic fate.

This authoritative edition, which offers Peter Salm’s wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us Faust in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe’s words.]]> 1808 2 0 false Thu Jul 09 16:44:51 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 17:10:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 33901167 416244 14706 0553213482 9780553213485 135 <![CDATA[Faust]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574m/14706.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574s/14706.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14706.Faust 3.93 4586 Faust 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 Faust, Part I, the tremendous versatility of Goethe’s genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe’s characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches’ Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen’s tragic fate.

This authoritative edition, which offers Peter Salm’s wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us Faust in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe’s words.]]> 1808 5 1 false Fri Sep 26 10:51:51 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 10:57:07 -0700 2008 78369345 2961500 14706 0553213482 9780553213485 135 <![CDATA[Faust]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574m/14706.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649574s/14706.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14706.Faust 3.93 4586 Faust 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 Faust, Part I, the tremendous versatility of Goethe’s genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe’s characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches’ Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen’s tragic fate.

This authoritative edition, which offers Peter Salm’s wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us Faust in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe’s words.]]> 1808 4 0 false Thu Nov 19 17:02:33 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 17:07:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 45774070 1445318 14704 0393972828 9780393972825 26 <![CDATA[Faust, A Tragedy: Interpretive Notes, Contexts, Modern Criticism]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166641470m/14704.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166641470s/14704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14704.Faust_A_Tragedy_Interpretive_Notes_Contexts_Modern_Criticism 3.93 4586 Faust reproduces the sense of the German original and Goethe's enormously varied metrics and rhyme schemes. This edition presents Parts I and II complete.

]]> 1808 4 1 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...]]> 69360082 649504 14705 0192835955 9780192835956 18 <![CDATA[Faust: Part One]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166641470m/14705.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166641470s/14705.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14705.Faust_Part_One 3.93 4586 1808 4 0 false Sat Aug 29 14:10:41 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 14:14:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 46163212 974210 6250058 1 <![CDATA[Faust]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234469475m/6250058.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234469475s/6250058.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6250058.Faust 4.25 4 Goethe completed a preliminary version of Part 1 in 1806. Publication in 1808 was followed by a revised 1828-29 edition, the last he edited himself. Prior to these appeared a partial 1790 printing of Faust, a Fragment. The earliest forms of the work, Urfaust, were developed between 1772-75. Its developmental details aren't clear.
Goethe finished Faust Part 2 in 1832. The focus is no longer on Faust's soul, which has been sold to the devil, but on social phenomena such as psychology, history & politics. The 2nd part formed the principal occupation of his last years & appeared posthumously.
Faust 1 is complex, taking place in many settings, the 1st of which is heaven. Mephistopheles wagers with God: he says that he can deflect God's favorite human being, striving to learn everything that can be known, away from righteousness. The next scene takes place in a study where Faust, despairing at the vanity of scientific, humanitarian & religious learning, turns to magic in pursuit of knowledge. He suspects his attempts are failing. Frustrated, he ponders suicide, but rejects it as he hears the echo of nearby Easter celebrations begin. He goes for a walk with his assistant Wagner & is followed home by a stray poodle.
The poodle transforms into the devil Mephistopheles. Faust makes a deal with him: the devil will do everything he wants while he is here on earth. Faust will serve the devil in Hell. Faust's arrangement is that if during the time while Mephistopheles is serving Faust, Faust is so pleased with anything the devil gives him that he wants to stay in that moment forever, he will die in that instant.
After the devil wants Faust to sign the pact with blood, Faust complains that the devil does not trust his word of honor. In the end, Mephistopheles wins the argument & Faust signs the contract with a drop of his blood. Faust has a few excursions & then meets Margaret/Gretchen. He's attracted to her & with jewelry & help from a neighbor, Marthe, the devil draws Gretchen into Faust's arms. Faust seduces Gretchen & they sleep together. Gretchen's mother dies from a sleeping potion, administered by Gretchen to obtain privacy so that Faust could visit her. Gretchen discovers she's pregnant. Gretchen's brother condemns Faust, challenges him & falls dead at his hands. Gretchen drowns her illegitimate child & is convicted of the murder. Faust tries to save Gretchen from death by attempting to free her from prison. Finding they cannot free her, Faust & the devil flee the dungeon, while heavenly voices announce Gretchen shall be saved.
Rich in classical allusion, in Faust 2, the romantic story of the Part 1 is forgotten. Faust wakes in a field of fairies to initiate a new cycle of adventures & purpose. The piece consists of five relatively isolated acts representing different themes. Ultimately, Faust goes to heaven, for he loses only half of the bet. Angels, arriving as messengers of divine mercy, declare at the end of Act V: "He who strives on & lives to strive/Can earn redemption still" (11936-7).]]> 1808 4 0 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...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=406373