Faust: Part One (Oxford World's Classic) - Softcover

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von; Luke, F. D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192835955 ISBN 13: 9780192835956

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

This new translation, in rhymed verse, of Goethe's Faust--one of the greatest dramatic and poetic masterpieces of European literature--preserves the essence of Goethe's meaning without resorting either to an overly literal, archaic translation or to an overly modern idiom. It remains the nearest "equivalent" rendering of the German ever achieved.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The best translation of Faust available, this volume provides the original German text and its English counterpart on facing pages. Walter Kaufmann's translation conveys the poetic beauty and rhythm as well as the complex depth of Goethe's language. Includes Part One and selections from Part Two.

About the Author:

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German polymath: he was a painter, novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist, philosopher, and for ten years chief minister of state for the duchy of Weimar. Goethe was one of the key figures of German literature and the movement of Weimar Classicism in
the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0192835955
• ISBN 13: 9780192835956
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240