Excerpt from A Study of Goethe's Faust First, the dedication, a touching lyric picture of the aged poet's surroundings, and the senti ments with which he looks back to earlier periods of his life and great work. Second, the prelude on the stage, a humorous dramatic argument in justification of the wide scope and manifold character of the poem. Third, the prologue in heaven, a dramatic exposition of the problem, which underlies the drama. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.