- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: Anchor Books (31 Jan 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385031149
- ISBN-13: 978-0385031141
- Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 2.8 x 20.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 437,900 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The best translation of Faust available, this volume provides the original German text and its English counterpart on facing pages. Walter Kaufmann's translation conveys the poetic beauty and rhythm as well as the complex depth of Goethe's language. Includes Part One and selections from Part Two.
About the Author
Louis MacNeice was born in Belfast in 1907, the son of a Church of Ireland rector, later a bishop. He was educated in England at Sherborne, Marlborough and Merton College, Oxford. His first book of poems, Blind Fireworks, appeared in 1929, and he subsequently worked as a translator, literary critic, playwright, autobiographer, BBC producer and feature writer. The Burning Perch, his last volume of poems, appeared shortly before his death in 1963.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Walter Kaufmann's magnificent translation of Goethe's "Faust" preserves the original poetic qualities of the classic play. He neither compromises the integrity of the work by using shallow 90's-words or mires it in unpleasant, unreadable "ye" and "thou"s. In my opinion, it is the best translation of "Faust" I have come across, and Kaufmann's commentary (being a native German himself) proves that he is an authority on both the idiomatic elements of the original work and the intent of Goethe's style. The only drawback to the book is that most of Part II is excluded; while Pt. II generally is considered to drag on ad nauseum by first-time readers, students of German romanticism miss rich imagery and lush allusions by receiving only a synopsis of the robust scenes of Pt. II. Otherwise, Kaufmann's work is unequaled.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
While the translator deserves praise in his efforts of tackling a difficult work, the result is average at best. The excision of text, as has already been noted by other reviewers, is the biggest reason to avoid this translation, but I will admit that it is perhaps the most accessible and easily read translation available. For those with a serious interest in Goethe and Faust, I would recommend the Walter Arndt/Cyrus Hamlin critical edition from Norton. I believe that to be a much more accurate rendering of Goethe's exemplary work.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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The words of Goethe just flow of the page with the help of translator Kaufman. This is the product of the best poet Germany has ever produced. His genius sets him on a high plane not reached by many. If any of you are curious as to what poetry is all about, one of the finest examples is just a click of the mouse away.
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Wrong book
The 'Look Inside' and reviews are not about Louis MacNeice's radio script, from which this page linked.
Published on 28 Oct 2009 by David Fisher
Brava!
This book is spectacular! It has so much insight and is brillant! The moral decision between good and evil, God and Metiphistophles!<--(mispelled) Brava Van Goethe. Read more
Published on 26 May 1999
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