Faust: A Tragedy, Parts One and Two (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300189698)

"Greenberg has accomplished a magnificent literary feat. He has taken a great German work, until now all but inaccessible to English readers, and made it into a sparkling English poem, full of verve and wit. Greenberg's translation lives; it is done in a modern idiom but with respect for the original text; I found it a joy to read."--Irving Howe (on the earlier edition)

A classic of world literature, Goethe's Faust is a philosophical and poetic drama full of satire, irony, humor, and tragedy. Martin Greenberg re-creates not only the text's varied meter and rhyme but also its diverse tones and styles--dramatic and lyrical, reflective and farcical, pathetic and coarse, colloquial and soaring. His rendition of Faust is the first faithful, readable, and elegantly written translation of Goethe's masterpiece available in English. At last, the Greenberg Faust is available in a single volume, together with a thoroughly updated translation, preface, and notes.

Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
ISBN-10: 0300189699
ISBN-13: 9780300189698
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/29/2014
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2015 pg. 806