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

By Robert J. Milch

Subjects: Goethe, johann wolfgang von, 1749-1832, Nonfiction, Faust (Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von), Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Literary Criticism, Continental European, DRAMA

Description: 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.