Dramatic Works of Goethe: Comprising Faust, Iphigenia in Tauris, Torquato Tasso, Egmont

A classic collection of Goethe’s drama, brought to life through thoughtful translation and notes.

This edition gathers Goethe’s major stage works—Faust, Iphigenia in Tauris, Torquato Tasso, and Egmont—along with translator’s notes and introductions that illuminate their creation and meaning. Readers gain access to the dramatic world Goethe shaped, now made accessible through careful English rendering and scholarly context.

• Read the dramas with newly prepared translations and longstanding notes that help explain key references and dramatic structure.
• Explore the translator’s preface and introductory material that frame Goethe’s method and the work’s place in literary history.
• Discover how these plays interweave myth, history, and moral reflection, from Faust’s quest for meaning to Iphigenia’s moral dilemma.
• Benefit from contextual notes that clarify cultural, historical, and literary allusions for contemporary readers.

Ideal for students, readers of classic drama, and anyone seeking a window into Goethe’s dramatic imagination and the late 18th–early 19th century literary scene.

The German poet, novelist, playwright, courtier, scientist, and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) ranks among the greatest authors of Western literature. His best known writings include "The Sorrows of Young Werther" (his first novel) and "Faust" (a drama in two parts).