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David Luke's translation has all the virtues of previous classic translations of Faust, and none of their shortcomings. Cast in rhymed verse, it preserves the essence of Goethe's meaning without sacrifice to archaism or over-modern idiom. It is as near an 'equivalent' rendering of the German as has been achieved.

Loosely connected with Part One and the German legend of Faust, Part Two is a dramatic epic rather than a strictly constructed drama. It is conceived as an act of homage to classical Greek culture and inspired above all by the world of story-telling and myth at the heart of the Greek tradition, as well as owing some of its material to the Arabian Nights tales. The restless and ruthless hero, advised by his cynical demon-companion Mephistophele...

Excerpt from The Tragedy of Faust, Vol. 6: Clavigo Egmont, And the Wayward Lover To J. Anthony Froude Dear friend of many years, accept This book, which into life has crept In hours that have been snatched from those Were due to dearly earned repose. Well do I know how deep and strong Your reverence is for Goethe's song, And how the problem-, thickly sown Throughout this book of his, have grown Familiar to your thought and tongue As the rar...

Excerpt from Iphigenia in Tauris, Vol. 20: Torquato Tasso Goetz Von BerlichingenAulis, we are introduced to the assembled hosts of Greece, detained by contrary winds in consequence of Diana's anger against Agamemnon. An oracle had declared that the goddess could only be propitiated by the sacrifice of Iphigenia, who is accordingly allured with her mother to the camp. On discovering the fearful doom which awaits her, She is at first over whelme...

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This 1875 book takes its focal text from the first three books of Goethe's Knabenjahre (autobiography).