Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: Faust Part 1, Egmont, Hermann and Dorothea; Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus (The Harvard Classics)
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Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Christopher Marlowe
Binding: Hardback
Published: Grolier Enterprises Corp., 1982
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
This volume from The Harvard Classics series assembles four seminal works in European dramatic and poetic literature, presenting a powerful study of ambition, morality, and resistance. Goethe’s Faust Part I charts the tragic pact between man and devil, illustrating the perilous pursuit of transcendental knowledge and sensual fulfillment. Egmont dramatizes the heroic defiance of Spanish tyranny in the Netherlands, while Hermann and Dorothea offers a lyrical portrait of love and civic virtue amid the upheavals of the French Revolution. Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus complements Goethe’s vision with a stark Elizabethan rendering of damnation through pride and sorcery, underscoring the spiritual cost of unchecked desire. Together, these texts argue for the enduring tension between individual will and ethical constraint, and they reflect the intellectual ferment of their respective eras.
Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Christopher Marlowe
Binding: Hardback
Published: Grolier Enterprises Corp., 1982
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
This volume from The Harvard Classics series assembles four seminal works in European dramatic and poetic literature, presenting a powerful study of ambition, morality, and resistance. Goethe’s Faust Part I charts the tragic pact between man and devil, illustrating the perilous pursuit of transcendental knowledge and sensual fulfillment. Egmont dramatizes the heroic defiance of Spanish tyranny in the Netherlands, while Hermann and Dorothea offers a lyrical portrait of love and civic virtue amid the upheavals of the French Revolution. Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus complements Goethe’s vision with a stark Elizabethan rendering of damnation through pride and sorcery, underscoring the spiritual cost of unchecked desire. Together, these texts argue for the enduring tension between individual will and ethical constraint, and they reflect the intellectual ferment of their respective eras.