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The Place of the “Eternal-Womanly” in Goethe's Faust Drama

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2021

Harold Jantz
Harold Jantz*
Affiliation:
Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois
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Extract

Of all the “winged words” of Goethe's Faust those of its closing lines,

Das Ewig-Weibliche

Zieht uns hinan,

have probably flown farthest, and they have always been impressive and memorable. On the other hand, one cannot help feeling that the standard interpretation of them does not do justice to their lofty position in the ultimate summary statement of the drama. The commentaries almost invariably relate these lines to the last scene only, that of Faust's salvation and elevation, rather than to the drama as a whole.

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Research Article
Information
PMLA , Volume 68 , Issue 4-Part1 , September 1953 , pp. 791 - 805
Copyright
Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 1953

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