Goethe's Faust and European Epic: Forgetting the Future
(Part of the Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture Series)
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Goethe has long been enshrined as the greatest German poet, but his admirers have always been uneasy with the idea that he did not produce a great epic poem. A master in all the other genres and modes, it has been felt, should have done so. Arnd Bohm proposes that Goethe did compose an epic poem, which has been hidden in plain view: Faust. Goethe saw that the Faust legends provided the stuff for a national epic: a German hero, a villain (Mephistopheles),...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1571133445
ISBN13:9781571133441
Release Date:March 2007
Publisher:Camden House (NY)
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"
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