A Companion to Goethe's Faust Parts I and II [Paperback]

Undisputedly a canonical work, Goethe's Faust is also the key to understanding its author, one of European civilization's most complex figures. Written over several decades, the work spans both Goethe's life and an age of enormous social, political, philosophical, and artistic change - even revolution. In this volume, Goethe scholars and experts from Europe and North America explore major aspects of this fascinating work, offering a cutting-edge guide to both reader and scholar. Contributors: Ritchie Robertson, Martin Swales, Alberto Destro, Osman Durrani, Ellis Dye, John R. Williams, Anthony Phelan, Franziska Sch??ler, Peter D. Smith, Cyrus Hamlin, R.H. Stephenson, David Luke, Robert David McDonald Paul Bishop is William Jacks Chair of Modern Languages at the University of Glasgow.Cutting-edge criticism on major aspects of Goethe's best-known work.Introduction: Reading Faust Today - Paul BishopLiterary Techniques and Aesthetic Texture in Faust - Ritchie RobertsonThe Character and Characterization of Faust - Martin SwalesThe Guilty Hero, or the Tragic Salvation of Faust - Alberto DestroThe Character and Qualities of Mephistopheles - Osman DurraniFigurations of the Feminine in Goethe's Faust - Ellis DyeThe Problem of the Mothers - John R. WilliamsThe Classical and the Medieval in Faust II - Anthony PhelanProgress and Restorative Utopia in Faust II and Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre - Franziska Sch??ler Was die Welt im Innersten zusammenh?lt : Scientific Themes in Goethe's Faust - Peter SmithGoethe's Faust and the Philosophers - Cyrus HamlinThe Diachronic Solidity of Goethe's Faust - R.H. StephensonTranslating Faust: A Personal Statement - F.D. LukeFaust: The Play in Production - Robert David MacDonald