Why then do so many poor fools plague, the sweet muse, for. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Cyrus hamlin provides essential supporting material for this difficult text, and his interpretive notes have been expanded and reset in larger, easytoread type. Why then do so many poor fools plague, the sweet muse, for such a goal as this. Walter arndts translation of faust reproduces the sense of the german original and goethes enormously varied metrics and rhyme schemes. Jun 01, 2000 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. But even more impressive than his versatility was his unwillingness ever to settle into a single style or approach. Faust is considered by many to be goethes magnum opus and the greatest work of german literature the earliest forms of the work, known as the. Johann wolfgang goethe faust ii german edition yumpu.
Hermann laatzen verlag hamburg, keine 1111esangabe. Comments by contemporaries includes short pieces by margaret fuller, ralph waldo. 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. Goethes 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. Apr 06, 2007 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Although rarely staged in its entirety, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on germanlanguage stages. Johann fausten 51 kindsmord 53 intertextuelle bezuge 54 6. Born in 1749 to a welltodo family in frankfurt, he was sent to strasbourg to earn a law degree. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project. Faust is the protagonist of a classic german legend. When the springtime blossoms, falling, shower down, and cover all things. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases teens.