Name: Faust: Part 2 (Penguin Classics) (Pt. 2)
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Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
ISBN: 9780140449020

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Faust: Part 2 (Penguin Classics) (Pt. 2)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Introduction by

David Constantine

Preface by

A. S. Byatt

Publisher

Penguin

Year

2009

Language

English

Pages

384

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.2 x 13.7 x 2.4 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN

0140449027

ISBN13

9780140449020

Edition No.

Synopsis "Faust: Part 2 (Penguin Classics) (Pt. 2) "

In this sequel to Faust, Mephistopheles takes Faust on a journey through ancient Greek mythology, conjuring for him the insurpassably beautiful Helen of Troy, as well as the classical gods. Faust falls in love with and marries Helen, embodying for Goethe his 'imaginative longing to join poetically the Romantic Medievalism of the germanic West to the classical genius of the Greeks'. Further to the themes of redemption and salvation in this great drama, are Goethe's eerie premonitions of modern phenomena such as inflation and the creation of life by scientific synthesis. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Poet, novelist, playwright, scientist, and German politician. At the University of Strasbourg, he met Herder, who introduced him to the works of Shakespeare and whom he later helped to create the German Romantic movement Sturm und Drang. In 1775, Charles Augustus, heir to the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, invited Goethe to live and work in Weimar, which was then one of the intellectual and literary centers of Germany. There, he developed a brilliant political career which he eventually abandoned to dedicate himself to traveling and writing. He is one of the greatest literary exponents of Romanticism and for many the most important writer in German literature.

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