A Woman's Version of the Faust Legend: The Seven Strings of the Lyre

by George A. Kennedy and George Sand

Book Overview

George Sand's The Seven Strings of the Lyre is a philosophical play written in poetic prose and never intended for perfomance on stage. Completed in 1838 during the early stages of Sand's romantic involvement with Frederic Chopin, it is one of the very few treatments of the Faust legend by a woman. George Kennedy offers the first English translation of this work, along with an introduction that places the play in its philosophical and literary context...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807818569
• ISBN13: 9780807818565
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.5"