FaustGoethe is the most famous German author, and the poetic drama Faust, Part I (1808) is his best known work, one that stands in the company of other leading canonical works of European literature such as Dantes Inferno and Shakespeares Hamlet. This is the first new translation into English since David Constantines 2005 version. Why another translation when there are several currently in print? To invoke Goethes own authority when speaking of his