| Description |
vii, 294 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Great books of the Western world ; 47 |
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Great books of the Western world ; 47
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| Contents |
Biographical note -- Dedication -- Prelude on the stage -- Prologue in heaven -- First Part: Night, Faust in his study -- Outside the gate of the town -- Faust's study (1) -- Faust's study (2): Mephistopheles and the student -- Auerbach's cellar -- Witch's kitchen -- Faust and Gretchen: Street -- Evening -- Promenade -- Neighbour's house -- Street -- Garden -- Garden house -- Forest and cavern -- Gretchen's room -- Martha's garden -- At the well -- Ramparts -- Night, before Gretchen's door -- Cathedral -- Walpurgis night -- Walpurgis night's dream -- Dismal day -- Night, an open field -- Prison -- Second part: Act I: Pleasant landscape -- Emperor's palace -- Spacious hall, masquerade -- Pleasure garden -- Dark gallery -- Brightly lighted halls -- Hall of the knights -- Act II: High-vaulted, narrow, gothic chamber: Mephistopheles and the bachelor of arts -- Laboratory -- Classical Walpurgis night: Pharsalian fields -- By the upper Peneus -- By the lower Peneus -- By the upper Peneus as before -- Rocky coves of the Aegean Sea -- Act III: Before the Palace of Menelaus in Sparta -- Inner court of Faust's castle -- Arcadia -- Act IV: High mountain range -- On the headland -- Rival emperor's tent -- Act V: Open country -- Palace -- Deep night -- Midnight -- Great outer court of the palace -- Burial -- Mountain gorges: Heaven |
| Summary |
Goethe's most complex and profound work, Faust was the effort of the great poet's entire lifetime. Written over 60 years, it can be read as a document of Goethe's moral and artistic development |
| Notes |
Later printings have series also listed as: Britannica great books |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Great books of the Western world no:47 |
| Subject |
Faust, -approximately 1540 -- Drama.
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German drama.
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Magicians -- Germany -- Drama.
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Literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Author |
Priest, George Madison, 1873-1947, translator
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| LC no. |
55010353 |
| ISBN |
0852291639 |
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9780852291634 |
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