num_pages: 185
description: Faust calls itself "A Tragedy" right enough, but it might just as well be described as a musical comedy -- it's ripe with comic passages, features many songs, and lacks a tragic ending. And Faust isn't a classic tragic figure, either. In fact, his characteristic yearning for experience and knowledge created a type for the romantic age still known as the Faustian hero. The villain of the piece -- Mephistopheles -- is one of the most likeable characters in the play. His yearnings draw him toward the heavens, yet he is also powerfully attracted to the physical world.
language: English
title: Faust: A Tragedy
titlecomplete: Faust: A Tragedy
characters: Dr. Heinrich Faust, Mephistopheles
genres: Fiction, Plays, Poetry, Philosophy, Drama, German Literature, Literature, Classics, Germany, Fantasy
ratings_count: 45522
places: Germany
series: Goethes Faust
publisher: Alan Rodgers Books