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In 1827, Goethe, then 78 years old, published this work under the same title as in this translation: "Helen, a Classic-Romantic Spectacle". Later, he integrated "Helen" into "The Second Faust," making it the third act of this monumental creation.
There were critics who questioned the validity of this idea, believing that the seams connecting "Helen" to the whole are very apparent, and that it would have been better for the poet to have allowed her to continue her separate existence. This issue will not be examined here, and there is no need for it to be.
What matters to the reader who is about to read "Helen" on its own is to know whether they can do so, whether "Helen" has autonomy and self-sufficiency. The answer is affirmative: yes, they can. "Helen" has its own unity, has autonomy, and can exist independently.
To understand and enjoy it, the reader does not need to see any connection; it is not necessary to read the other four acts of the five-act "Second Faust". The decision of the poet himself to present the work separately already convinces us of this.
"Helen" is divided into three parts, three scenes. The first scene is the facade of Menelaus' palace in Sparta. The second is an inner courtyard of a medieval castle. The third is a rural setting in Arcadia: rocks, caves, trees, and rich greenery.
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- Author
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Language
- Greek
- Subtitle
- Classic romantic phantasmagoria
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 132
- Release Date
- 4/1979
- Publication Date
- 1979
- Award
- -
- Dimensions
- 14x22 cm
- Art Movement
- Modernism
- Art Albums
- Yes
- Subjects
- Theory & History of Art
- ISBN-13
- 9789602590331
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