The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust'
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H. B. Cotterill brings the voice of the lecture room to the story of Faust and Goethe's dramatic poem. Written for readers who want an introduction to the subject, these lectures cover the old legend and both parts of the play. The opening discussion challenges the habit of reducing poetry to abstract systems and presents Goethe as a thinker drawn to action, inspiration and the varied possibilities of human life.
The commentary follows particular scenes as well as ideas. Faust's attempt to translate the biblical Word as an act leads into the strange transformation of a poodle and the arrival of Mephistopheles in a scholar's disguise. Cotterill connects these theatrical details with questions about thought, evil and spiritual experience. English translations of German passages and a familiar, sometimes humorous manner make the book useful for readers approaching Goethe's work without a strong command of German.
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