Faust

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Two souls dwell, alas! in my breast.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust

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Topic

Divided self

Speaker

Faust

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Faust

Medium

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Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

German

Time

1808 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Vor dem Thor [Before the Gate]." Faust. Eine Tragödie [Faust: A Tragedy]. Tübingen: J. G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1808.

The deed is all, the glory nothing.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust

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Accomplishment Glory

Speaker

Faust

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Faust

Medium

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Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

German

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wofgang. Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust. The Tragedy's Second Part]. 1832, act 4, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Faust: Part 2, translated by David Luke. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 4, sc. 1.

And here, poor fool! with all my lore
I stand! no wiser than before.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust

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Useless facts

Speaker

Faust

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Faust

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

German

Time

1808 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Faust. Eine Tragödie [Faust: A Tragedy]. Tübingen: J. G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1808.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Faust, Part One, edited by David Luke. Oxford University Press, 2008.