Faust
the first part of the tragedy
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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This major new translation by David Constantine conveys the innate lyrical liveliness of Goethe's original. The preface, by A.S. Byatt, considers Goethe's lifelong relationship with the myth of Faust and the play's influence on modern literature.
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Faust: a tragedy : interpretive notes, contexts, modern criticism
2001, W.W. Norton
in English
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A complete annotated translation of Goethe's "Faust," plus extensive interpretive notes, "Faust" illustrations and other visual sources used by Goethe, several pieces of Goethe's correspondence and commentary, eleven contemporary reviews by well-known writers, and ten modern pieces of criticism; also includes a Goethe chronology and selected bibliography.
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