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 ⓘ