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The legend of Faust grew up in the sixteenth century, a time of transition between medieval and modern culture in Germany. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) adopted the story of the wandering conjuror who accepts Mephistopheles's offer of a pact, selling his soul for the devil's greater knowledge; over a period of 60 years he produced one of the greatest dramatic and poetic masterpieces of European literature. David Luke's recent translation, specially commissioned for The World's Classics series, has all the virtues of previous classic translations of Faust, and none of their shortcomings. Cast in rhymed verse, following the original, it preserves the essence of Goethe's meaning without sacrifice to archaism or over-modern idiom. It is as near an 'equivalent' rendering of the German as has been achieved.

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 th e 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.

`a world without love would be no world' Elegy II This bilingual edition of Goethe's erotic poems contains the Roman Elegies (1789), The Diary (1810), and a selection from the Venetian Epigrams of 1790. Editorial censorship has long obscured the true form and content of the Elegies, which were inspired by Goethe's sexual liberation in Italy and his love for the woman he took as his unofficial wife on his return to Germany.They are here presented as Goethe boldly conceived them together with the long-surpressed narrative poem known as The Diary. Superficially the story of a failed sexual adventure by a man of 60, at another level this is a profound study of the psychology of desire and the nature of fidelity, as well as being one of the most beautiful and good-humoured poems in the German language. Completing the edition is a selection from Goethe's more light-hearted and much censored cycle of erotica, the Venetian Epigrams. David Luke's translations do full justice to Goethe's aim of liberating German poetry and restoring sexual love to its central position in human life. Hans Vaget's fine introduction provides the background to these poems, as well as showing some of the profound and little-known connections between them. Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born in 1749, the son of a well-to-do citizen of Frankfurt. In the early 1770's he was the dominating figure of the German literary revival, his tragic novel Werther bringing him international fame. In 1755 he became a minister o f state and director of the court theatre and in the 1790's he and his younger contemporary Schiller were the joint architects of Weimar Classicism, the central phase of German literary culture. Faust, written at various stages of his life and in a v ariety of styles, became a constantly enlarged repository of his personal wisdom and his creative energies never ceased to take new forms. In 1806 he married Christiane Vulpious, having lived with her for eighteen years. He died in 1832.

Romantický román v dopisech líčí lásku muže, který miluje ženu svého přítele a protože nevidí východisko ze situace, rozhodne se zemřít.Dílo rozhodujícího významu pro historii německé i světové prózy, je jedním z prototypů romantického románu v dopisech,

Az Európa Könyvkiadó 1991 szeptemberében indította el megújított, külsejében is vonzóbb sorozatát. Alaposan, minden részletre kiterjedő figyelemmel tervezte meg az összeállítást, hiszen a világirodalom és a magyar irodalom remekműveinek kiadásával egyszerre kíván segítséget nyújtani tanárnak, diáknak s valamennyi felnőtt irodalomkedvelőnek.

Dva texty, které patří do Goethova "druhého klasického období" kolem přelomu 18. a 19. století. Přeložili, úvody a poznámkami opatřili Štěpán Böswart a Martin C. Putna.

Jedno z největších děl světové literatury. Goethův Faust ztělesňuje drama základních otázek, s nimiž život člověka konfrontuje od nejstarších dob do současnosti: hledání smyslu existence, touhy po lásce a poznání a především po tom, co přesahuje lidskou smrtelnost.

V povědomí většiny lidí Goethe žije jako básník a především jako tvůrce Fausta. Tato knížka chce čtenářům přiblížit část Goetheho Nauky o barvách a zdůraznit zejména objektivní účinek barev na citový život. Goethovy podněty mohu najít nové využití nejen v současné umělecké tvorbě a pedagogice, ale také v terapii psychických poruch.

Unser größtes Gedicht, Goethes Faust, hat zum Helden den Menschen an der Grenzscheide von Mittelalter und Humanismus, den Gottesmenschen, der sich aus vermessenem Erkenntnistriebe der Magie, dem Teufel ergibt. Wo der Hochmut des Intellektes sich mit seelischer Altertümlichkeit und Gebundenheit gattet, da ist der Teufel...Wie alles sich zum Ganzen webt! / Eins in dem andern wirkt und lebt! / Wie Himmelskräfte auf / und nieder steigen / Und sich die goldnen Eimer reichen! / Mit segenduftenden Schwingen / Vom Himmel durch die Erde dringen, / Harmonisch all das All durchklingen! / Welch Schauspiel! aber, ach! ein Schauspiel nur! / Wo faß ich dich, unendliche Natur?" (Faust) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) verbrachte seine Jugend in Frankfurt, zog in seiner Studienzeit nach Leipzig und Straßburg und arbeitete ab 1771 als Anwalt wieder in seiner Heimatstadt Frankfurt. 1775 wurde er an den Hof von Weimar berufen, wo er (mit Unterbrechungen wie der Italienischen Reise) bis zu seinem Tod blieb."