Seeking meaning in Goethe's Faust / James M. Van der Laan

By:

Laan, James M. Van der [author]

Publisher: London : Continuum, 2007Description: 202 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780826493040
0826493041

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

832.6 LAA 23

Summary: "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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Anna Centenary Library	832.6 LAA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	323101

"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.

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