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- Book reviews: Arts & humanities. Schierling, Ingrid // Library Journal;11/15/1992, Vol. 117 Issue 19, p74
Reviews the book `Faust,` by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Martin Greenberg.
- Faust // Magill Book Reviews;
In his quest for the meaning of existence, Faust risks eternal damnation by making a pact with the devil, Mephistopheles. Goethe's masterpiece, a 12,000-line dramatic poem in two parts, is one of the great works of world literature. It is also one of the few modern myths treating a universal...
- Forecasts: Paperbacks. // Publishers Weekly;11/23/1992, Vol. 239 Issue 51, p58
Reviews the book `Faust: A Tragedy, Part One,` by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Martin Greenberg.
- Devil dog. Lakin, Mary Ann // Yankee;Jul95, Vol. 59 Issue 7, p44
Narrates author's experience with a gate-crashing black dog during a literature class at the University of Vermont in 1957. Teacher's reading of selection from J. Goethe's `Faust'; Accounts of the dog's behavior inside the classroom; Mystery on the origin of the dog.
- Faust and the human condition: Duality and the teaching of the sages on the two spirits. Paldiel, Mordecai // Judaism;Spring91, Vol. 40 Issue 2, p193
Interprets the legendary character `Faust' in author Goethes' book `Faust' as a personification of a Romantic man suffering from intellectual conflict. Analysis of Faust's alliance with the legendary character `Mephistopheles' in the book; View of the Faustian drama not as an isolated mental...
- Faust. McAllister, Lara // School Library Journal;Nov2009, Vol. 55 Issue 11, p144
The article reviews the book "Faust," an illustrated book that is translated from Japanese.
- Faust. // Publishers Weekly;7/28/2008, Vol. 255 Issue 30, p58
The article reviews the book "Faust," edited by Katsushi Ota.
- SPASMODIC SCHOOL. A.D.C. // New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry & Poetics;1993, p1204
The article presents a definition of the term SPASMODIC SCHOOL. A derisive term first applied in 1853 by Kingsley and more strikingly in 1854 by Aytoun to a group of neoromantic poets then popular. Influenced by Goethe's Faust, Byron, and Shelley, they produced long, formless works, usually...
- HOW TO DEVELOP SELF-CONFIDENCE. Soni, I. M. // Woman's Era;Jul2013, Vol. 40 Issue 951, p24
In this article, the author focuses on the importance of developing self-confidence to get ahead in life. The author mentions that self-confidence is the key trait of leadership and highlights that people should not be indulged in self-depreciation and they should use the principle of...
