Synopsis
The Second Part of Goethe's Faust is a literary masterpiece written by the German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It is a continuation of the first part of Faust, which was published in 1808. The Second Part of Faust was published posthumously in 1886, after Goethe's death.The book follows the story of Faust, a scholar who made a deal with the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. In the second part, Faust is an old man who is still seeking redemption for his past sins. He embarks on a journey through various realms, including the classical world of Greece and Rome, the medieval court of the Holy Roman Emperor, and the realm of the dead.Throughout his journey, Faust encounters various characters, including the beautiful and innocent Gretchen, the seductive Helen of Troy, and the mysterious and powerful Mephistopheles. He also faces many challenges and temptations, as he struggles to find meaning and purpose in his life.The Second Part of Goethe's Faust is a complex and philosophical work that explores themes such as redemption, love, and the human condition. It is a masterpiece of German literature and a testament to Goethe's genius as a writer.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
In the close of the Prelude at the Theatre with which Goethe called the public to his show, before opening with the Prologue inH eaven in his First Part ofF aust, the manager indicates the spirit of the whole design :O nly engage, and then the mind grows heated Begin it, and the work will be completed. Stmt on our narrow stage with lofty stature, As moving through the circle of wideN ature. With swiftest speed, in calm thought weighing well Each movement, move from Heaven, through Earth, to HelL What is known as the First Part of Goethe sF aust, is a complete work, dealing with mans individual life as the poet felt it in his earlier years. But the use of the Faust legend for poetic contemplation of this stage of life on which we all are players, had fascination for Goethe. He went on to a second play on the same subject, parallel in many respects with the first, in which Helena takes the place of Gretchen, the problem of the race is the main theme, and the final triumph of good, evil itself shaping unconsciously the future good, leads to the close inH eaven. The Prologue also was inH eaven: all begins and ends in God. As a play, theS econd Part is feebler than the First, deficient in that individual life and action which is inseparable from any play meant to be acted, and, in some parts, wholly unactable. The poet has chosen to sound in his own way the depths in the great stream of life and sport over its shallows, without suffering his invention to be bounded by conditions proper to one form of art. The genius of a great master is lavished upon every part of the design. One individuality is never absent, that of Goethe himself. The whole man is in the two parts ofF aust; and from that point of view theS econd Part sntl %x 2fw than the First. As the utterance oi ripti fe,S x.
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