Goethe's Faust and cultural memory : comparatist interfaces / Lorna Fitzsimmons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fitzsimmons, Lorna, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German drama--19th century--History and criticism.

German drama.

Faust, -approximately 1540--Appreciation.

Faust.

Faust, -approximately 1540--Adaptations.

Faust, -approximately 1540--In literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press ; Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is an interdisciplinary collection of essays examining Goethe's Faust and its derivatives in European, North American, and South American cultural contexts. Topics include the authority of the word in Faust and Dr. Faustus, cultural memory of Herder, the Eternal-Feminine, Coleridge's responses to Faust

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; Ch01. The Faustian Contest with the Authority of the Word; Ch02. The Enigmatic Eternal-Feminine; Ch03. Herder as Faust; Ch04. Coleridge's Critique of Goethe's Faust; Ch05. Remembering Faust in Argentina; Ch06. The Complete Faust on Stage: Peter Stein and the Goetheanum; Ch07. Faustian Tesserae in the Cultural Mosaic; Ch08. Goethe's Faust in Werner Fritsch's "Theater of the Now"; Ch09. Homunculus' Quest for a Body; Index; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61146-593-1

1-283-63959-9

1-61146-123-5

OCLC:

855502393