在线阅读本书 Tragic masterpiece explores mind of an artist in alternately joyful and despairing letters recounting an unhappy romance. Goethe addresses issues of love, death, and redemption in an influential portrayal of a character who struggles to reconcile his artistic sensibilities with the demands of the objective world.

The best translation of Faust available, this volume provides the original German text and its English counterpart on facing pages. Walter Kaufmann's translation conveys the poetic beauty and rhythm as well as the complex depth of Goethe's language. Includes Part One and selections from Part Two.

《歌德诗选(德汉对照)》是一本德国伟大诗人歌德（Johann WoIfgang von Goethe1749—1832）的诗歌精粹选集，它带领读者进入诗人与诗歌创作融为一体的一生：浪漫的少年情怀、中壮年时期的沉稳精进和对艺文的锲而不舍的追求、步入老年之后的恬适和沧桑感以及对东方古文明的心仪，而贯穿各个时期的则是他对爱情的炽热的、恒定的追求。爱情给了诗人丰富的一生力、热和美，它们又通过诗人的笔注入进他的每一诗行。