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Charlotte Montermini | 1 comments Title: Faust e Urfaust
Author: J.W. Goethe
ISBN: 978-88-07-90068-6
Publisher: Feltrinelli
Publication (Day/Month/Year): 08/01/2014
Page count: 811
Format: paperback
Description: Written over the course of sixty years, "Faust" represents one of the highest points of world literature of all time. Inspired by the historical figure of a German alchemist who lived in the sixteenth century, the story focuses on the wicked pact that a very wise man, Faust, stipulates with a representative of the Devil, Mephistopheles, in order to gain access to the most arcane secrets of the world. In life, Mephistopheles will serve Faust with his magical arts, to then obtain his soul at the point of death and deliver it to eternal damnation. There are several scenes immortalized by Goethe's pen: the seduction through a thousand expedients of Marguerite, the witches' Sabbath on Walpurgis Night, the German Emperor struggling with inflation, the desperate defense of their home by Philemon and Baucis... Despite the thousand misdeeds and the agreement signed with the Devil, in the final moment Faust will be saved thanks to the creative force that moves the universe: the feminine principle of Love.
Language: italian
https://www.lafeltrinelli.it/faust-ur...


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Emmy de Reus (nyneve) | 20400 comments From the guidelines
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