Table of Contents

Introduction: Reading Faust Today - Paul Bishop
Literary Techniques and Aesthetic Texture in Faust - Ritchie Robertson
The Character and Characterization of Faust - Martin Swales
The Guilty Hero, or the Tragic Salvation of Faust - Alberto Destro
The Character and Qualities of Mephistopheles - Osman Durrani
Figurations of the Feminine in Goethe's Faust - Ellis Dye - DECEASED IN 2017
The Problem of the Mothers - John R. Williams
The Classical and the Medieval in Faust II - Anthony Phelan
Progress and Restorative Utopia in Faust II and Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre - Franziska Schößler
"Was die Welt im Innersten zusammenhält": Scientific Themes in Goethe's Faust - Peter Smith
Goethe's Faust and the Philosophers - Cyrus Hamlin
The Diachronic Solidity of Goethe's Faust - R.H. Stephenson
Translating Faust: A Personal Statement - F.D. Luke
Faust: The Play in Production - Robert David MacDonald

About the Author

Paul Bishop is Professor of German and Head of Department of German at the University of Glasgow. Paul Bishop is Professor of German and Head of Department of German at the University of Glasgow.

Reviews

Each essay presents an interesting aspect of Faust research, and the volume as a whole can be used as a very informative reference work.
*GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW*

...as a coherent, accessible, often masterful introduction to a vast and complex work, this volume fulfills its promise....There is, without question, an awe-inspiring critical sovereignty and breadth in this book.
*GOETHE YEARBOOK*