TY  - BOOK
AU  - Laan,James M.Van der
TI  - Seeking meaning in Goethe's Faust
SN  - 9780826493040
U1  - 832.6 23
PY  - 2007///
CY  - London
PB  - Continuum
KW  - Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, -- 1749-1832
KW  - Goethe, johann wolfgang von, 1749-1832
N2  - "Of the many variations on the Faust-myth, Goethe's remains especially provocative and laden with meaning and is the work most responsible for determining the subsequent character of the Faust archetype. His Faust reflects an individual who asserts, yet wrestles unrelentingly with the futility of faith, the bankruptcy of knowledge and the loss of meaning. One of the greatest texts of both German and world literature, Faust, Parts I and II, confronts us with pressing questions about rebellion and suffering, faith and its loss, reality and simulation, order and chaos, weakness and power, technology and human improvement. This monograph offers a new interpretation of Goethe's famous play, emphasizing its continuing significance today."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -