A new translation of Part One of the dramatic poem, together with a translation of an early draft, }Urfaust{, offering a fascinating insight into the younger Goethe's imagination Based on the fable of a man who traded his soul for superhuman powers and knowledge, this text became the life work of Germany's greatest poet, Goethe. It is the dramatic poem that charts the life of a deeply flawed individual and his fight against despair and the nihilism of the Mephistopheles.
