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      • The first appearance of the work in print was Faust, a Fragment, published in 1790. Goethe completed a preliminary version of what is now known as Part One in 1806. Its publication in 1808 was followed by the revised 1828–29 edition, the last to be edited by Goethe himself.
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    The first known printed source of the legend of Faust is a small chapbook bearing the title Historia von D. Johann Fausten, published in 1587. The book was re-edited and borrowed from throughout the 16th century.

  3. The first appearance of the work in print was Faust, a Fragment, published in 1790. Goethe completed a preliminary version of what is now known as Part One in 1806. Its publication in 1808 was followed by the revised 1828–29 edition, the last to be edited by Goethe himself.

  4. Oct 8, 2024 · Faust, two-part dramatic work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Part I was published in 1808 and Part II in 1832, after the author’s death. The supreme work of Goethe’s later years, Faust is sometimes considered Germany’s greatest contribution to world literature.

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  5. Sep 1, 2024 · An English prose translation of 1592 inspired the play The Tragical History of D. Faustus (1604) by Christopher Marlowe, who, for the first time, invested the Faust legend with tragic dignity. His play invoked more effectively than the original the summoning from the underworld of Helen of Troy to seal Faust’s damnation.

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  6. Full Title: Faust; When Written: 1772-1831 Where Written: Leipzig, Weimar, Italy, and elsewhere When Published: 1832 (although fragments appeared throughout Goethe’s lifetime) Literary Period: Weimar Classicism Genre: Closet drama; cosmological epic Setting: Heaven and earth, from Leipzig to Greece

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    Overview. Faust. Quick Reference. A: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe W: (1) 17731808; (2) 1800–31 Pf: (1) 1819, Berlin (private perf.); 1829, Braunschweig (public perf.);

  8. May 21, 2018 · The Faust myth first appeared in 1587 when it was published by an unknown German Protestant in a popular chapbook. In 1592, the book was translated into English under the title The Historie of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus.

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