Tennyson and Goethe's Faust / Tom Baynes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baynes, Tom, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Shows that Faust was a central influence on Tennyson's creative life.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction: Faust and British Literature, c. 1810-1892

I: The Death of Arthur Hallam

1 'I am to die already!': The Gretchen Tragedy

2 'To strive onwards': 'Ulysses', Progress and Trances

3 'Out of Orcus into Life': Hallam and Part Two

II: Religion, Nature and Morality

4 'Two souls, alas, dwell in my breast': Religious Doubt

5 'Unveil thyself!': Faust and the Natural World

6 'The kiss of heavenly love': Saints and Sinners

'Last words'

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-8855-2

1-4744-8854-4

OCLC:

1312726450