Seeking Meaning for Goethes Faust(2007).pdf

Seekin g Meanin g fo r Goethe' s Faust Continuu m literar y Studie s Beckett's Books b y Matthe w Feldma n Character and Satire in Postwar Fiction b y Ia n Gregso n Fictions of Globalization b y Jame s Annesle y Joyce and Company b y Davi d Pierc e Masculinity in Fiction and Film b y Bria n Bake r Novels on the Contemporary Extreme edite d b y Alain-Phillip e Duran d an d Naom i Mande l London Narratives b y Lawrenc e Phillip s Womens Fiction 1945-2005 b y Debora h Phillip s English Fiction in the 1930s b y Chri s Hopkin s Seekin g Meanin g fo r Goethe' s Faust J . M . va n de r Laa n continuu m Continuum Continuum International Publishing Group The Tower Building 80 Maiden Lane 11 York Road Suite 704 London SE1 7NX New York NY 10038 J. M. van der Laan 2007 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmittted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library EISBN 9780826493040 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Typeset by Fakenham Photosetting Limited, Fakenham, Norfolk Contents Prefac e i x Chapte r 1 Faust Past and Present 1 Chapte r 2 Faust Recycled 1 6 Chapte r 3 Job Retold 3 5 Chapte r 4 The Mind of God 5 0 Chapte r 5 The Divided Self 6 7 Chapte r 6 Beyond Good and Evil 8 2 Chapte r 7 The Technological Mastermind 9 8 Chapte r 8 The Virtual and the Real 11 0 Chapte r 9 Chaos and Complexity 12 5 Chapte r 1 0 Sins, Service, and Salvation 13 8 Chapte r 1 1 Retrospect and Prospect 15 6 Appendi x A Chronology of the Faust Tradition Through the Ages and