>>9801145I am thinking of ordering Faust once this plague dies down. The Faust story seems to be quite important to German writers. Mann's Doktor Faustus is another instance of them adopting it. That one was quite the interesting read as well, so you might want to check it out. Albeit, again, I've read it translated.
>I mean, often they are justified, but when they are not, they look like a total shit and ruin the piece's composition, which is very sadI agree. When they do work they can flesh out the overall picture of that historical period, for example.
>>9801174What about reading the Bible?
