Chorus mysticus
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Chorus mysticus is the concluding choral passage of Goethe’s Faust, famous for its mystical, philosophical summation of the drama’s themes about salvation and the eternal feminine.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chorus mysticus canonical | 2 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choral finale
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literary passage ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Christian mysticism in literature
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German Romantic literature ⓘ the idea of the eternal feminine in Western thought ⓘ |
| author | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closingWords | "Das Ewig-Weibliche zieht uns hinan" ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfPublication | 1832 ⓘ |
| describes | the eternal feminine as uplifting ⓘ |
| famousLine | "Das Ewig-Weibliche zieht uns hinan" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Faust, Part Two (1832) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
completion of Faust’s journey
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movement from the temporal to the eternal ⓘ union of human and divine ⓘ |
| hasTone |
contemplative
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mystical ⓘ solemn ⓘ |
| influenced |
philosophical discussions of the eternal feminine
ⓘ
theological interpretations of Faust ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
chorus
ⓘ
lyric verse ⓘ |
| locatedInText | Act V of Faust, Part Two NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Faust
NERFINISHED
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Faust, Part Two NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork |
conclusion
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final scene ⓘ |
| quotedIn |
literary criticism on Goethe
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philosophical writings on gender and transcendence ⓘ studies of German Romanticism ⓘ |
| summarizes |
central ideas of Faust
ⓘ
the drama’s philosophical themes ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian symbolism
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divine grace ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ mysticism ⓘ redemption ⓘ salvation ⓘ the afterlife ⓘ the eternal feminine NERFINISHED ⓘ transcendence ⓘ |
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