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FAUST
by [Kent, Rockwell] Goethe
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- Book fine, d.j. very good with corner rubbing
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About This Item
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1941. A New American Translation by Carlyle F. MacIntyre. Book fine, d.j. very good with corner rubbing. A New American Translation by Carlyle F. MacIntyre" Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Tan cloth with titles in maroon. Text in German and English. Book designed by Ward Ritchie.
Synopsis
Goethe’s Faust reworks the late medieval myth of a brilliant scholar so disillusioned he resolves to make a contract with Mephistopheles. The devil will do all he asks on Earth and seeks to grant him a moment in life so glorious that he will wish it to last forever. But if Faust does bid the moment stay, he falls to Mephisto and must serve him after death. In this first part of Goethe’s great work, the embittered thinker and Mephistopheles enter into their agreement, and soon Faust is living a rejuvenated life and winning the love of the beautiful Gretchen. But in this compelling tragedy of arrogance, unfulfilled desire, and self-delusion, Faust heads inexorably toward an infernal destruction. A.S. Byatt's preface considers Goethe's lifelong relationship with the myth of Faust and its influence on modern literature Includes an introduction by the translator, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, explanatory notes, and an addendum on the writing of Faust
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- First Folio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18941
- Title
- FAUST
- Author
- [Kent, Rockwell] Goethe
- Book Condition
- Used - Book fine, d.j. very good with corner rubbing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- A New American Translation by Carlyle F. MacIntyre
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- Norfolk, CT
- Date Published
- 1941
- Bookseller catalogs
- ILLUSTRATED;
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