Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is usually remembered as a towering figure of European culture: poet, playwright, scientist, and all-around genius of the Enlightenment. His drama Faust opens with a scene ...

What happens when you take three parts Hector Berlioz, mix it with one part Edvard Munch, two parts Heironymous Bosch, add a dash of Edward Gorey (for grim humor) and spread the mixture thickly over ...

WE have seen in a former paper the care with which Goethe has pointed out the way to discover the answer to the question, What is Faust ? In his letters he returns to the subject again and again, ...

Even if they've never read Goethe's Faust, most people are familiar with the concept of a "Faustian bargain". The idea is that you sell your soul to get what you want. Goethe's play centers on ...