{"product_id":"selected-poems-goethe-the-collected-works-vol-1-9783518030530","title":"Selected Poems (Goethe: The Collected Works  Vol. 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis new series brings into modern English a reliable translation of a representative portion of Johann Wolfgang von Goethes vast body of work. This edition  selected from over 140 volumes in German  is the new standard in English  and contains poetry  drama  fiction  memoir  criticism  and scientific writing by the man who is probably the most influential writer in the German language. The executive editors of this collection are Victor Lange of Princeton University  Eric Blackall of Cornell University  and Cyrus Hamlin of Yale University.  Princeton University Press is proud to be the distributor of the twelve volumes in hardcover of the originating publisher  Suhrkamp Verlag. In addition  Princeton will issue paperback reprints of these volumes over the next two years  beginning with volumes one through three.  Goethe  the founder of the poetry of experience  created a body of poetry that is unsurpassed in lucidity of speech and imagery and in instinct for melody and rhythm. Nonetheless  many of his poems are relatively unknown to English-speaking audiences  partly because of the difficulties they have posed to translators. This volume contains translations  side by side with the German originals  of Goethes major poems--all prepared by eminent American and English writers  and all attesting to his poetic genius.  Goethes most complex and profound work  Faust was the effort of the great poets entire lifetime. Written over 60 years  it can be read as a document of Goethes moral and artistic development. Faust is made available to the English reader in a completely new translation that communicates both its poetic variety and its many levels of tone. The language is present-day English  and Goethes formal and rhythmic variety is reproduced in all its richness.  The reflections on art and literature that Goethe produced throughout his life are the premise and corollary of his work as poet  novelist  and man of science. This volume contains such important essays as \"On Gothic Architecture \" \"On the Laocoon Group \" and \"Shakespeare: A Tribute.\" Several works in this collection appear for the first time unabridged and in fresh translations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45274712735797,"sku":"ByrdShop_3518030531","price":239.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9783518030530.jpg?v=1780497918","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/selected-poems-goethe-the-collected-works-vol-1-9783518030530","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}