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    Faust. Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust ( c. 1480–1540 ). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with the Devil at a crossroads, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures.

  2. Jun 25, 2024 · Faust, hero of one of the most durable legends in Western folklore and literature, the story of a German necromancer or astrologer who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power. There was a historical Faust, indeed perhaps two, one of whom more than once alluded to the devil as his Schwager, or crony.

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  3. Faust is a tragic play in two parts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, usually known in English as Faust, Part One and Faust, Part Two. Nearly all of Part One and the majority of Part Two are written in rhymed verse. Although rarely staged in its entirety, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German-language stages.

  4. Jul 19, 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. Part I sets out the magician Faust ’s despair, his pact with Mephistopheles ...

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  5. www.faust.com › books › authorsAuthors – Faust

    Authors. Christopher Marlowe (26 February 1564 (baptized) – 30 May 1593) wrote The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, the first major English Faust story, written as a play. Johann Wolfgang Goethe (28 August 1749–22 March 1832). His two-volume Faust is a tragic play and the best known version of the Faust story. Their source for the Faust ...

  6. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Walter Kaufmann (Introduction) 3.85. 77,198 ratings2,121 reviews. Goethe’s Faust reworks the late medieval myth of a brilliant scholar so disillusioned he resolves to make a contract with Mephistopheles. The devil will do all he asks on Earth and seeks to grant him a moment in life so glorious that he will wish it ...

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  8. Faust Summary. After a prelude set in the theater, where a production of Faust is to be staged, as well as a prologue in heaven, where the devil Mephistopheles declares to the Lord his intention of tempting the great scholar Heinrich Faust to damnation, the play opens on a narrow, high-vaulted study, where Faust is sitting restlessly.

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