Faust: Part One (Oxford World's Classic)
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
from Oxford University Press, USA
This new translation, in rhymed verse, of Goethe's Faust--one of the greatest dramatic and poetic masterpieces of European literature--preserves the essence of Goethe's meaning without resorting either to an overly literal, archaic translation or to an overly modern idiom. It remains the nearest "equivalent" rendering of the German ever achieved.
Goethe's Faust
by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
from Anchor
The best translation of Faust available, this volume provides the original German text and its English counterpart on facing pages. Walter Kaufmann's translation conveys the poetic beauty and rhythm as well as the complex depth of Goethe's language. Includes Part One and selections from Part Two.
Faust (Bantam Classics)
by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
from Bantam Classics
Goethe’s masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, 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.
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Modern Library Classics)
by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
from Modern Library
A major work of German romanticism in a translation that is acknowledged as the definitive English language version. The Vintage Classics edition also includes NOVELLA, Goethe's poetic vision of an idyllic pastoral society.
Faust - A Trage in Two Parts and the Urfaust (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
from Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Goethe's Faust is a classic of European literature. Based on the fable of the man who traded his soul for superhuman powers and knowledge, it became the life's work of Germany's greatest poet. Beginning with an intriguing wager between God and Satan, it charts the life of a deeply flawed individual, his struggle against the nihilism of his diabolical companion Mephistopheles. Part One presents Faust's pact with the Devil and the harrowing tragedy of his love affair with the young Gretchen. Part Two shows Faust's experience in the world of public affairs, including his encounter with Helen of Troy, the emblem of classical beauty and culture. The whole is a symbolic and panoramic commentary on the human condition and on modern European history and civilisation. This new translation of both parts of Faust preserves the poetic character of the original, its tragic pathos and hilarious comedy. In addition, John Williams has translated the Urfaust, a fascinating glimpse into the young Goethe's imagination, and a selection from the draft scenarios for the Walpurgis Night witches' sabbath - material so ribald and blasphemous that Goethe did not dare publish it.
Faust: Part Two (Oxford World's Classics)
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
from Oxford University Press, USA
This is a new translation of Faust, Part Two by David Luke, whose translation of Faust, Part I was the winner of the European Poetry Translation Prize. Here, Luke expertly imitates the varied verse-forms of the original, and provides a highly readable and actable translation which includes an introduction, full notes, and an index of classical mythology.
Faust: Part 1 (Penguin Classics)
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
from Penguin Classics
Goethe viewed the writing of poetry as essentially autobiographical, and the works selected in this volume represent more than sixty years in the life of the poet. In early poems such as “Prometheus,” he rails against religion in an almost ecstatic fervor, while “To the Moon” is an enigmatic meditation on the end of a love affair. The Roman Elegies show Goethe’s use of Classical meters in an homage to ancient Rome and its poets, and “The Diary,” suppressed for more than a century, is a narrative poem whose eroticism is combined with its morality. In selections from Faust, arguably his greatest and most personal work, Goethe creates an exhilarating depiction of humankind’s eternal search for truth.
“Faithful and felicitous, these verse translations . . . are an excellent introduction to [Goethe’s] genius.”
—The Daily Telegraph (London)
Faust
by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
from LeClue
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play. Faust is a closet drama, meaning that it is meant to be read rather than performed. It is Goethe's most famous work and considered by many to be one of the greatest works of German literature.
Selected Works (Everyman's Library)
by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
from Everyman's Library
(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings (Signet Classics)
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
from Signet Classics
This classic selection of writings by Goethe reflects the author's philosophy of love and death.
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