Faust - 9781684481422

FaustA Tragedy, Part I\nAuthor(s): Eugene Stelzig, Eugene Stelzig, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), Eugene Stelzig\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bucknell University Press,U.S., United States\nImprint: Bucknell University Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781684481422, 978-1684481422\nSynopsis\nGoethe is the most famous German author, and the poetic drama Faust, Part I [tel] is his best-known work, one that stands in the company of other leading canonical works of European literature such as Dantes Inferno and Shakespeares Hamlet. This is the first new translation into English since David Constantines 2005 version. Why another translation when there are several currently in print? To invoke Goethes own authority when speaking of his favorite author, Shakespeare, Goethe asserts that so much has already been said about the poet-dramatist that it would seem theres nothing left to say, but adds, yet it is the peculiar attribute of the spirit that it constantly motivates the spirit. Goethes gr.