{"product_id":"faustus-from-the-german-of-goethe-9780199229680","title":"Faustus: From the German of Goethe","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe major work of German literature, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\u003e (1808), was translated into English by one of Britain's most capable mediators of German literature and philosophy, Samuel Taylor Coleridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGoethe himself twice referred to Coleridge's translation of his \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\u003e. Goethe's character wrestles with the very metaphysical and theological problems that preoccupied Coleridge: the meaning of the Logos, the apparent opposition of theism and pantheism. Coleridge, the poet of tormented guilt, of the demonic and the supernatural, found himself on familiar ground in translating \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\u003e. Because his translation reveals revisions and reworkings of Coleridge's earlier works, his \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\u003e contributes significantly to the understanding of Coleridge's entire oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eColeridge began, but soon abandoned, the translation in 1814, returning to the task in 1820. At Coleridge's own insistence, it was published anonymously in 1821, illustrated with 27 line engravings copied by Henry Moses after the original plates by Moritz Retzsch. His publisher, Thomas Boosey, brought out another edition in 1824. Although several critics recognized that it was Coleridge's work, his role as translator was obscured because of its anonymous publication. Coleridge himself declared that he 'never put pen to paper as translator of \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\u003e', and subsequent generations mistakenly attributed the translation to George Soane, a minor playwright, who had actually commenced translating for a rival press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition of Coleridge's translation provides the textual and documentary evidence of his authorship, and presents his work in the context of other contemporary efforts at translating Goethe's \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47647916523756,"sku":"9780199229680","price":885.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780199229680-faustus-from-the-german-of-goethe.jpg?v=1779244564","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/faustus-from-the-german-of-goethe-9780199229680","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}