Faust (Annotated)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a monumental dramatic poem that transforms the old German legend of the scholar who bargains with the devil into a searching meditation on knowledge, desire, guilt, and redemption. Written in a dazzling variety of meters, tones, and dramatic forms, it moves from metaphysical prologue to tragic love story, from satire to classical allegory. Standing at the cros...