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Notes on Goethe's "Faust", parts 1 and 2

by Robert J. Milch

Literary CriticismNonfictionDRAMAContinental EuropeanFaust (Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von)Goethe, johann wolfgang von, 1749-1832Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author)

This dramatic poem in two parts is Goethe's greatest work. The poem is based on the legend of a man who sells his soul to the devil and deals with the man's sense of alienation and his need to come to terms with the world as it is.

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