Goethe has long been enshrined as the greatest German poet, but his admirers have always been uneasy with the idea that he did not produce a great epic poem. This title proposes that Goethe did compose an epic poem, which has been hidden in plain view: "Faust". Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 590. . 2007. 0th Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Goethe's Faust and European Epic: Forgetting the Future (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Publisher: Camden House
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1571133445
ISBN 13: 9781571133441
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Goethe has long been enshrined as the greatest German poet, but his admirers have always been uneasy with the idea that he did not produce a great epic poem. A master in all the other genres and modes, it has been felt, should have done so. Arnd Bohm proposes that Goethe did compose an epic poem, which has been hidden in plain view: Faust. Goethe saw that the Faust legends provided the stuff for a national epic: a German hero, a villain (Mephistopheles), a quest (to know all things), a sublime conflict (good versus evil), a love story (via Helen of Troy), and elasticity (all human knowledge could be accommodated by the plot). Bohm reveals the care with which Goethe draws upon such sources as Tasso, Ariosto, Dante, and Vergil. In the microcosm of the "Auerbachs Keller" episode Faust has the opportunity to find "what holds the world together in its essence" and to end his quest happily, but he fails. He forgets the future because he cannot remember what epic teaches. His course ends tragically, bringing him back to the origin of epic, as he replicates the Trojans' mistake of presuming to cheat the gods.

Arnd Bohm isAssociate Professor of English at Carleton University, Ottawa.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Goethe's Epic Ambitions
The System of European Epic
Faust and Epic History
The Roots of Evil
"Auerbachs Keller" and Epic History
Faust as a Christian Epic
The Epic Encyclopedia
Postscript: Lest We Forget
Works Cited
Index

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Arnd Bohm is Associate Professor in the Department of German at Carleton University.

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