Faust Et Le Second Faust, Suivis D'un Choix de Poésies Allemandes

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General Books, 2013 - 130 pages
Ce livre historique peut contenir de nombreuses coquilles et du texte manquant. Les acheteurs peuvent generalement telecharger une copie gratuite scannee du livre original (sans les coquilles) aupres de l'editeur. Non reference. Non illustre. 1879 edition. Extrait: ...leur chant te transportera; car il satisfait et l'oreille et le sens dans toute sa profondeur. Mais ce qu'il y a de plus sur, essayons-le immediatement; il appellera, il attirera de doux discours. HELENE. Ainsi, dis-moi comment faire pour dire de si belles paroles? FAUST. Rien de si facile; il faut que cela parte du coeur, et, lorsque la poitrine est brisee d'espoir et de regret, on regarde a l'entour, et on demande--HELENE.--qui est heureux avec soi? FAUST. L'esprit ne contemple ni le futur, ni le passe. Le present seul--HELENE.--est notre bonheur. FAUST. C'est un tresor, un gain sublime, possession et gage; qui le confirme? HELENE.--Ma main. LE CHOEUR. Qui ose blamer notre reine, Si elle accorde au seigneur de ce chateau Un accueil amical? Car, avouez-le, toutes nous sommes prisonnieres Comme cela nous est arrive souvent, Depuis l'ignominieuse chute d'Ilion, Et depuis que nous errons dans un labyrinthe d'existences Pleines d'angoisse et de chagrin. Des femmes exposees a l'amour des hommes Ne font pas elles-memes de choix, Mais elles les subissent; Et a des bergers aux cheveux d'or, Peut-etre comme a des faunes an poil rude, Selon que l'occasion se presente, Elles accordent un pareil droit Sur leurs membres delicats et faibles.--Plus pres et plus pres encore ils sont assis, Appuyes deja l'un contre l'autre, L'epaule a l'epaule, le genou contre le genou, Les mains dans les mains; ils se bercent Sur l'elevation sublime Du trone aux splendides coussins. La majeste ne se prive pas De la...

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Frankfurt am Main. He was greatly influenced by his mother, who encouraged his literary aspirations. After troubles at school, he was taught at home and gained an exceptionally wide education. At the age of 16, Goethe began to study law at Leipzig University from 1765 to 1768, and he also studied drawing with Adam Oeser. After a period of illness, he resumed his studies in Strasbourg from 1770 to 1771. Goethe practiced law in Frankfurt for two years and in Wetzlar for a year. He contributed to the Frankfurter Gelehrte Anzeigen from 1772 to 1773, and in 1774 he published his first novel, self-revelatory Die Leiden des Jungen Werthers. In 1775 he was welcomed by Duke Karl August into the small court of Weimar, where he worked in several governmental offices. He was a council member and member of the war commission, director of roads and services, and managed the financial affairs of the court. Goethe was released from day-to-day governmental duties to concentrate on writing, although he was still general supervisor for arts and sciences, and director of the court theatres. In the 1790s Goethe contributed to Friedrich von Schiller ́s journal Die Horen, published Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, and continued his writings on the ideals of arts and literature in his own journal, Propyläen. The first part of his masterwork, Faust, appeared in 1808, and the second part in 1832. Goethe had worked for most of his life on this drama, and was based on Christopher Marlowe's Faust. From 1791 to 1817, Goethe was the director of the court theatres. He advised Duke Carl August on mining and Jena University, which for a short time attracted the most prominent figures in German philosophy. He edited Kunst and Altertum and Zur Naturwissenschaft. Goethe died in Weimar on March 22, 1832. He and Duke Schiller are buried together, in a mausoleum in the ducal cemetery.

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