by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · CH Beck · tapa dura · ISBN 9783406047237
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«Faust» is the tragic work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published by C.H. Beck in hardback, with 682 pages in German.
Goethe draws on the legend of Doctor Faustus, a scholar who yearns for limitless knowledge and ends up making a pact with Mephistopheles, the devil. The drama combines the fate of its protagonist with the story of Gretchen, the innocent young woman he falls in love with, and culminates in the wager between God and Mephistopheles over whether the human soul can be redeemed. Annotated edition by Erich Trunz.
This annotated edition by Erich Trunz brings together the first and second parts of Faust along with the Urfaust, the work's primitive version. Published within the Hamburg edition of Goethe's works, in German and in hardback.
Intended for students of German literature and readers who want to approach the classic with an extensive philological commentary.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on literary, political, Christian views, and philosophical thought in the Western world from the late 18th century to the present. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre-director, and critic, Goethe wrote a wide range of works, including plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour.
