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  2. Erdgeist - Wikipedia

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    Faust and Erdgeist, illustration by Goethe. Erdgeist is the spirit of the Earth that Johann Wolfgang von Goethe describes in Faust, Part One. 'Du, Geist der Erde, bist mir näher; schon fühl ich meine Kräfte höher,...' Goethe depicts Erdgeist as a timeless being who endlessly weaves on the loom of time—both in life and in death. In this ...

  3. Goethe's Faust - Wikipedia

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    Goethe finished writing Faust, Part Two in 1831; it was published posthumously the following year. In contrast to Faust, Part One , the focus here is no longer on the soul of Faust, which has been sold to the devil , but rather on social phenomena such as psychology , history and politics , in addition to mystical and philosophical topics.

  4. Earth Spirit (play) - Wikipedia

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    Earth Spirit (Erdgeist) (1895) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the first part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays; the second is Pandora's Box (1904), both depicting a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed". [1] In German folklore an erdgeist is a gnome, first described in Goethe's Faust (1808).

  5. Faust - Wikipedia

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    Dr. Fausto by Jean-Paul Laurens 1876 'Faust' by Goethe, decorated by Rudolf Seitz, large German edition 51 cm × 38 cm (20 in × 15 in). Faust (/ f aʊ s t /; German:) is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust (c. 1480–1540).

  6. Category:Characters in Goethe's Faust - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Characters in Goethe's Faust" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E. Erdgeist; F.

  7. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Wikipedia

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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [a] (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language.

  8. Faust, Part Two - Wikipedia

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    Goethe, like Christopher Marlowe, used the Volksbuch (folk book) to gather inspiration for his Faust. (Goethe didn't read Marlowe's Doctor Faustus until 1818, the same year he began working again on the second part of his play.) In 1831, Goethe concluded the play, adding the final scene of the fifth act.

  9. File:Faust und Erdgeist, Illustration von Goethe.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Usage on bar.wikipedia.org Faust I; Usage on de.wikipedia.org Faust. Eine Tragödie; Übermensch; Usage on en.wikiquote.org Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Wikiquote:Quote of the day/August 2021; Wikiquote:Quote of the day/August 28, 2021; Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Faust. Une tragédie; Usage on pl.wikipedia.org Faust (opera Antoniego Henryka ...