Faust I & II, Volume 2: Goethe's Collected Works - Updated EditionOne of the great classics of European literature, Faust is Goethe's most complex and profound work. To tell the dramatic and tragic story of one man’s pact with the Devil in exchange for knowledge and power, Goethe drew from an immense variety of cultural and historical material, and a wealth of poetic and theatrical traditions. What results is a tour de force illustrating Goethe’s own moral and artistic development, and a symbolic, cautionary tale of Western humanity striving restlessly and ruthlessly for progress. |
Contents
A Tragedy | 1 |
PART ONE | 13 |
PART TWO in Five Acts | 121 |
Chronology of the Composition of Faust | 306 |
Goethes Faust and the Present Translation | 307 |
Bibliographical Note | 314 |
Explanatory Notes | 315 |