WE have seen in a former paper the care with which Goethe has pointed out the way to discover the answer to the question, What is Faust ? In his letters he returns to the subject again and again, ...

Speaking of what Faust is, “ I have,” says Goethe, “ received into my mind impressions, and those of a sensual, animated, charming, varied, hundred-fold kind, just as a lively imagination presented ...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's classic drama continues to fascinate literature lovers. Why does the German play remain relevant today? Goethe's "Faust," one of the greatest works of German literature, ...

This is a hugely detailed dissertation on the life and work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe with a focus on his historically acclaimed re-penning and rendering of Faust; a tragedy in two parts. McGarry ...

Goethe's Faust is a hybrid between a play and an extended poem. The story concerns the fate of Faust in his quest for the true essence of life. Frustrated with learning and the limits to his knowledge ...

Even if they've never read Goethe's Faust, most people are familiar with the concept of a "Faustian bargain". The idea is that you sell your soul to get what you want. Goethe's play centers on ...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's classic drama continues to fascinate literature lovers. Why does the German play remain relevant today? Goethe's 'Faust' commemorated on €100 coin (BVA) Goethe's "Faust," ...