Author : Paul Bishop
Release : 2006
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 359/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis A Companion to Goethe's Faust by : Paul Bishop
Download or read book A Companion to Goethe's Faust written by Paul Bishop. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cutting-edge criticism on major aspects of Goethe's best-known work. Undisputedly a canonical work, Goethe's Faust is also the key to understanding its author, one of European civilization's most complex figures. Written over several decades, the work spans both Goethe's life and an age of enormous social, political, philosophical, and artistic change - even revolution. In this volume, Goethe scholars and experts from Europe and North America explore major aspects of this fascinating work, offering a cutting-edge guide to both reader and scholar. Contributors: Ritchie Robertson, Martin Swales, Alberto Destro, Osman Durrani, Ellis Dye, John R. Williams, Anthony Phelan, Franziska Schößler, Peter D. Smith, Cyrus Hamlin, R.H. Stephenson, David Luke, Robert David McDonald Paul Bishop is William Jacks Chair of Modern Languages at the University of Glasgow.