Name: Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Drama, European
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Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
ISBN: 9781598181104

portada Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Drama, European

Type

Physical Book

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Translated by

Charles Timothy Brooks

Publisher

Aegypan

Year

2005

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm

Weight

0.42 kg.

ISBN

1598181106

ISBN13

9781598181104

Synopsis "Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Drama, European"

Faust calls itself "A Tragedy" right enough, but it might just as well be described as a musical comedy -- it's ripe with comic passages, features many songs, and lacks a tragic ending. And Faust isn't a classic tragic figure, either. In fact, his characteristic yearning for experience and knowledge created a type for the romantic age still known as the Faustian hero. The villain of the piece -- Mephistopheles -- is one of the most likeable characters in the play. His yearnings draw him toward the heavens, yet he is also powerfully attracted to the physical world.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Poeta, novelista, dramaturgo, científico y político alemán. En la Universidad de Estrasburgo conoció a Herder, quien lo introdujo a las obras de Shakespeare y a quien ayudó después a crear el movimiento romántico alemán Sturm und Drang. En 1775 Carlos Augusto, heredero del ducado de Sajonia-Weimar, invitó a Goethe a vivir y trabajar en Weimar, que entonces era uno de los centros intelectuales y literarios de Alemania. Allí desarrolló una brillante carrera política que finalmente abandonó para dedicarse a viajar y a escribir. Es uno de mayores exponentes literarios del Romanticismo y para muchos el escritor más importante que han dado las letras alemanas.

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