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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Chorus mysticus canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral finale
literary passage
associatedWith Christian mysticism in literature
German Romantic literature
the idea of the eternal feminine in Western thought
author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
closingWords "Das Ewig-Weibliche zieht uns hinan"
countryOfOrigin Germany
dateOfPublication 1832
describes the eternal feminine as uplifting
famousLine "Das Ewig-Weibliche zieht uns hinan"
firstPublishedIn Faust, Part Two (1832)
linked to: Faust, Part Two
hasConcept completion of Faust’s journey
movement from the temporal to the eternal
union of human and divine
hasTone contemplative
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
linked to: Faust, Part Two
partOf Faust
Faust, Part Two
positionInWork conclusion
final scene
quotedIn literary criticism on Goethe
philosophical writings on gender and transcendence
studies of German Romanticism
summarizes central ideas of Faust
the drama’s philosophical themes
theme Christian symbolism
divine grace
metaphysics
mysticism
redemption
salvation
the afterlife
the eternal feminine
transcendence

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Part III (Scenes from Goethe’s Faust) hasPart Chorus mysticus
subject linked to: Part III
Transfiguration workTitleInGerman Chorus mysticus