Selected Poems (European Poetry Classics)

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von,Whaley, John

ISBN 10: 081011643X / ISBN 13: 9780810116436

Published by Northwestern University Press, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Selected Poems (European Poetry Classics)
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081011643X
• ISBN 13: 9780810116436
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

One of world literature's towering figures, Goethe dominated two centuries of European writing and thought. The Enlightenment's most wayward genius, and Romanticism's most remarkable, he led two great artistic movements without fully subscribing to either. While his stature in the English-speaking world is often acknowledged, his poems are little regarded, for the simple reason that they have proven untranslatable. But thanks to John Whaley's outstanding translation, Goethe's poetry can at last be appreciated in English, with all its grace, music, and humanity intact.

About the Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), a towering figure in German literature, was the author of "The Sorrows of Young Werther, Faust, Italian Journey, The Theory of Colours" (MIT Press edition, 1970), and many other works.