{"product_id":"goethes-faust-in-the-light-rudolf-steiner-9781621480914","title":"Goethe's Faust in the Light of Anthroposophy: Volume Two of Spiritual-Scientific Commentaries on Goethe's Faust (Cw 273) Volume 273","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 lectures in Dornach \u0026amp; Prague, Sept. 30, 1916 - Jan. 19, 1919 (CW 273)\u003cbr\u003eExcerpts from various texts and two poems by Goethe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is the sequel to \u003ci\u003eAnthroposophy in the Light of Goethe's \u003c\/i\u003eFaust (CW 272).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy late 1916, Rudolf Steiner had become an important interpreter of Goethe and frequently discussed \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\u003e--probably Goethe's greatest work--from the perspective of anthroposophic Spiritual Science. Although Steiner's readings are unconventional and unsystematic, his insights into the text are penetrating and prescient, opening scholarly avenues not discovered or pursued by others until decades later and, in some cases, still await fuller elaboration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteiner's account is completely unlike those of his contemporaries, including those Goethean scholars he most admired. His approach is not a philological construction of the ideal text, a positivistic account of the biographical genesis of the work or influences on Goethe, an intellectual and historical recasting of the drama as implied philosophical argument, or a view of the tale through the lens of an especially refined sensibility. Steiner's discussions veer into each of these arenas, but, invariably, he steers back to his original course, stressing the least realistic, least historical, and least romantic aspects of Goethe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteiner contributed to the scholarship on \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\u003e by, above all, opening new aesthetic perspectives; by revealing the centrality of Greek Mystery religion within the archetypal unconscious of Faust; by showing the duality of evil latent within Goethe's text; and by exploring an alchemical transformation of consciousness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these lectures, Steiner anticipates the best of Goethe's \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\u003e by helping us to see the Neoplatonic \u003ci\u003eFaust, \u003c\/i\u003e the Hermetic \u003ci\u003eFaust, \u003c\/i\u003e the archetypal Faust--in short, the esoteric \u003ci\u003eFaust.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoethe's \u003c\/i\u003eFaust\u003ci\u003e in the Light of Anthroposophy\u003c\/i\u003e is a translation from German of \u003ci\u003eGeisteswissenschaftliche Erläuterungen zu Goethes 'Faust', in 2 Bdn., Bd.2, Das Faust-Problem\u003c\/i\u003e (GA 272).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rudolf Steiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1621480917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621480914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steiner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 5.90w x 1.30d","brand":"Rudolf Steiner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153779634431,"sku":"9781621480914","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7774dcb5-9c72-4fc0-ad42-6cc01c4b45ca.jpg?v=1770785776","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/goethes-faust-in-the-light-rudolf-steiner-9781621480914","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}