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Faust : Part 1 (Penguin Classics)
Faust Part 1 - Penguin Classics
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Goethe viewed the writing of poetry as essentially autobiographical, and the works selected in this volume represent more than sixty years in the life of the poet. In early poems such as "Prometheus," he rails against religion in an almost ecstatic fervor, while "To the Moon" is an enigmatic meditation on the end of a love affair. The Roma...  more » show Goethe’s use of Classical meters in an homage to ancient Rome and its poets, and "The Diary," suppressed for more than a century, is a narrative poem whose eroticism is combined with its morality. In selections from Faust, arguably his greatest and most personal work, Goethe creates an exhilarating depiction of humankind’s eternal search for truth.
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ISBN-13: 9780140449013
ISBN-10: 0140449019
Publication Date: 12/27/2005
Pages: 352
Edition: New Ed
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
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