RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Damned to Heaven: The Tragedy of <em>Faust</em> Revisited
JF Monatshefte
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 454
OP 468
DO 10.3368/m.XCIX.4.454
VO XCIX
IS 4
A1 Tantillo, Astrida Orle
YR 2007
UL http://mon.uwpress.org/content/XCIX/4/454.abstract
AB By reading Faust through the lens of Goethe’s own scientific principles, a new reading of the whole arises, a reading that revisits the historical debates about the conclusion of the play, whether about its morality, happy ending, or portrayal of technology. According to the naturalistic ethic that emerges within the text, the ending is tragic in that Faust ascends into a sphere characterized by stasis and non-productivity. The play thus is modern in its rejection of religious morality, while anti-modern in its critique of the scientist hero. (AOT)