Faust: Part Two (Oxford World's Classics)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; David Luke

ISBN 10: 0192836366 / ISBN 13: 9780192836366

Editore: Oxford University Press, 1999

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0192836366I2N00

Riassunto:

Loosely connected with Part One and the German legend of Faust, Part Two is a dramatic epic rather than a strictly constructed drama. It is conceived as an act of homage to classical Greek culture and inspired above all by the world of story-telling and myth at the heart of the Greek tradition, as well as owing some of its material to the Arabian Nights tales. The restless and ruthless hero, advised by his cynical demon-companion Mephistopheles, visits classical Greece i search of the beautiful Helen of Troy. Returning to modern times, he seeks to crown his career by gaining control of the elements, and at his death is carried up into the unkown regions, still in pursuit of the `Eternal Feminine'. David Luke's translation of Part One won the European Poetry Translation Prize. Here he again imitates the varied verse-forms of the original, and provides a highly readable - and actable - translation, supported by an introduction, full notes, and an index of classical mythology.

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Titolo: Faust: Part Two (Oxford World's Classics)
Casa editrice: Oxford University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1999
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: As New
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