Goethe's Faust, with notes by A.M. Selss |
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... into a loose and fanciful method of translating , by which accuracy was wholly sacrificed to sound . It may be that for purposes of literary dilettantism a pointed rendering is preferable to an accurate one ; but for educational ends ...
... into a loose and fanciful method of translating , by which accuracy was wholly sacrificed to sound . It may be that for purposes of literary dilettantism a pointed rendering is preferable to an accurate one ; but for educational ends ...
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... into verse , from the old prose account , contained in the MS . Scene 3 , and Scene 4 , the Compact - scene , partly taken from the MS . , partly new , and inserted so as to fill up the hiatus between verse 252 and verse 1416 . 1799 ...
... into verse , from the old prose account , contained in the MS . Scene 3 , and Scene 4 , the Compact - scene , partly taken from the MS . , partly new , and inserted so as to fill up the hiatus between verse 252 and verse 1416 . 1799 ...
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... into a brief discussion on its literary character . The short " Dedicatory Poem " which Goethe has pre- fixed to his work furnishes , we think , two useful indica- tions regarding the theme and plan of the book , as viewed by him in ...
... into a brief discussion on its literary character . The short " Dedicatory Poem " which Goethe has pre- fixed to his work furnishes , we think , two useful indica- tions regarding the theme and plan of the book , as viewed by him in ...
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... customary length , by reason of the extraor- dinary number of characters introduced . The absence of the customary division into acts is still more notice- 2 Goethe's Faust . —Was Goethe right in calling his Faust a “Tragedy”?
... customary length , by reason of the extraor- dinary number of characters introduced . The absence of the customary division into acts is still more notice- 2 Goethe's Faust . —Was Goethe right in calling his Faust a “Tragedy”?
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Albert Maximilian Selss. of the customary division into acts is still more notice- able . Instead of these , we find twenty - five scenes loosely strung together . A third singularity is the unusual length , as ...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Albert Maximilian Selss. of the customary division into acts is still more notice- able . Instead of these , we find twenty - five scenes loosely strung together . A third singularity is the unusual length , as ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
account allusion Altmayer ardour Bayard Taylor book called character companion crowded house death devil dieß Doctor drama Düntzer English translators evil faßt Faust Faust's first Frankfort Freund Frosch gehn Geist generally German gewiß given Goethe Goethe's good Gott great Gretchen groß hand happiness hast Hayward heaven Heinrich Faust Helen hero Herr Herz hören Ibidem idea ist's Johann Faust Kuno Fischer Laß läßt last legend liebe life light line little long love Lustige Person made magic make Margarete Marlowe's Marthe meaning means Menschen Mephistopheles muß mußt name never Oberon passage picture place pleasure pleonasm poem poet power present probably pulley read recht rendering same scene scholar second sense seyd seyn Siebel soll soul spirit story subject taken term Teufel Thier things thou thought time tragedy true used Wagner weiß Welt witches Wittenberg wohl word work world written years
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 30 - Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight, And burned is Apollo's laurel bough, That sometime grew within this learned man. Faustus is gone ; regard his hellish fall, Whose fiendful fortune may exhort the wise, Only to wonder at unlawful things, Whose deepness doth entice such forward wits To practise more than heavenly power permits.
Seite 56 - I wish you had something else to do Than to plague me in the brightest hours of the day.
Seite 50 - MEPHISTOPHELES. And after — first and foremost duty — Of Metaphysics learn the use and beauty ! See that you most profoundly gain What does not suit the human brain ! A splendid word to serve, you'll find For what goes in — or won't go in — your mind. But first, at least this half a year, To order rigidly adhere ; Five hours a day, you understand, And when the clock strikes, be on hand ! Prepare beforehand for your part With paragraphs all got by heart, So you can better watch, and look That...