The story of Faust is an interesting story, including the historical person, the legends that surround him, the artistic narratives based on those legends, and most of all, the history of those artistic narratives.|
For example, shortly after the first book based upon the Faust legend was translated into English, the story was rendered into a play which has turned out to be one of the more culturally significant and influential works of art in history. The playwright was Christopher Marlowe, a notorious pederast and acclaimed innovator of English literature.
As an aside -- Marlowe was one of the top candidates for being the "real" Shakespeare by those who think Shakespeare was really just some other guy's pseudonym. Shakespeare, another great innovator of English literature -- probably the very best of all -- was deeply in love with at least one 15yo boy, and dedicated much of his romantic poetry to the lad. ("A rose, by any other name," anyone?)
Fast-forward a bit and you have Goethe writing his own play on the Faust story. Another culturally significant work, it has been called the greatest work of German literature by at least one critic. As an innovative writer and thinker, Goethe was arguably more influential even than Marlowe.
Goethe was also, reputedly, a (bisexual) boy-lover. I don't have a lot of detail on his interests in, or relationships with, boys. I would be fascinated to hear if there are any good stories or sources in this regard.
Yours in the Struggle,