Faust, Part 1 (Pt.1)
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Author: Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTranslator: Philip Wayne
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); German (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1950-06-30
ISBN: 0140440127
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Reviews of Faust, Part 1 (Pt.1)
Book Review: Mephistopheles, master of the one-liner
Summary: 5 Stars
I'd guess this is a book that reveals itself more thoroughly in experiences you have after reading it, so reviewing it now may be premature. There are many `big ideas' here, but I can't relate to the suggestion from one reviewer that Faust `held his morals under the worst circumstances' It seems more like Faust gave up his morals one by one under the most pleasant circumstances.
The way I read it, Faust didn't fight temptation; but his curiosity was strong enough to allow him to give in to all temptation without becoming trapped. This has significant metaphysical implications when applied to modern Christianity, and certainly follows the psychological maxim that repressed urges exert a controlling influence on us. It's also not hard to imagine Faust's Mephistopheles as the embodiment of Blake's metaphysical Satan, and maybe it's no coincidence both these artists lived in the same period.
I'm so curious to know how this comes across in German - and believe me, some of the contortions necessary to maintain the rhyme in English provided a temptation to learn German that Mephistopheles himself would have been hard-pressed to match. It's obvious Wayne has done a tremendous job, but there are limits to the achievable; and the feel of this poetry is not natural to the touch except in some later sections of part II. Or maybe it just wasn't so distracting after several hundred pages...
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