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The Faust story, a tale of a compromise with the forces of destruction and mockery in pursuit of knowledge, of art, of wisdom, is still a story to conjure with. A. S. Byatt ## NOTES [1][1] See David Constantine’s Introduction to *Part I* for some historical details. [2][2] Goethe, *Poetry and Truth*, Part II, Book 10. [3][3] Elizabeth M.