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Goethe's Faust

Would anyone care to recommend an English translation?

Many thanks.

>> No.3906215

>>3906196
Not OP but i wish to now this as well

>> No.3906248

Any suggestions?

>> No.3906274
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>>3906196
One of my favorite books ever written.

I prefer the Walter Arndt translation. A lot of people say that Gordon Taylor's is the best, but I haven't read it and it is quite old, far more difficult to find than Arndt.

>> No.3906284

Has anyone read Marlowe's Dr Faustus? It's probably my second favourite renaissance play after Henry V

>> No.3906355

>>3906274
>A lot of people say that Gordon Taylor's is the best
Anyone confirm this?

>> No.3906356

Many thanks for the suggestions. I don't mind dated language.

As for Marlowe's drama, I had completely forgotten it existed. His Hero and Leander and translations of the Elegies are simply marvelous.

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I am currently reading the Penguin Classics English translation. Still in the first act, since I've been multi-reading and switching a lot between books. It's nice though.

Pic related.

>> No.3906421

>>3906355
I've heard this as well, and that it is "of high literary merit." whatever that may mean.

>> No.3906430

David Luke may be of interest as well as the 2 I mentioned in my above post >>3906355 ...

>"For Faust in modern English, my recommendation is David Luke. His translation of Part 1 of Faust won the European Poetry Translation Prize in 1989.... -- the phrasing is smooth, accurate, and highly readable. I read and re-read his translation with great pleasure, something that I hardly get from translated works."

>> No.3906435

>>3906430
Fuuuccckkkk I want to know the best one

>> No.3906439

>>3906430
I'll find a copy of Taylor's to begin with. Thanks alot!

>> No.3906442

I have a version lying around by Robert MacDonald. I've flirted with the first twenty or so pages, but I was going to start soon. Is his translation even mildly respected?

>> No.3906497

>>3906435
I'm with this guy. Which one is considered by academics to be the superior translation?

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>> No.3906508

>>3906504
is that jack kreouac and allen ginsberg

>> No.3906523

>>3906504
Wait, so is "Faust" considered a Hipster book now?

>> No.3906604

>>3906508
>>3906523
do you guys even read