Title: Faust Papers: Containing Critical and Historical Remarks on Faust and Its Translations, With Some Observations Upon Goethe
Publisher: HardPress Ltd
Publication Date: 2021
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0461770792
ISBN 13: 9780461770797
Binding: Paperback / softback
Condition: New
Weight: 526 grams

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Faust Papers: Containing Critical And Historical Remarks On Faust And Its Translations, With Some Observations Upon Goethe by W. H. Koller. Faust Papers is a critical apparatus to Goethe’s Faust, presenting the author’s prefatory remarks and extensive commentary on the dramas, their translations, and the historical context surrounding them. Koller argues about the relative merits of translations, discusses how literal renderings affect comprehension, and compares German and English idioms, punctuation, and word usage. The work situates Faust within a broad European dialogue on German literature, English reception, and translations by Hayward, Blackey, and Syme, among others, while offering careful philological notes on neologisms and linguistic license. It surveys Prologue in Heaven, the Witch scene, Faust’s study, and Helena’s ascent, with observations on Mephistopheles, Wagner, and other dramatic personae. The volume also includes critique on the supposed aims of Goethe’s second part, and reflects 19th-century German scholarship and its English reception, including reflections on linguistic and stylistic choices across languages.

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